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FrGinGerbread COOkie faCtOry (Trillium Health Centre) Decorate a gingerbread cookie and support seniors’ health. To Dec 18. $4/ cookie, 3 for $10. Sherway Gardens, QEW and Hwy 427. sherwaygardens.ca. FHOliday sale fOr Guatemala (El Triunfo Education Project) Guatemalan weaving, jewellery, fair trade coffee and more. 10 am-7 pm. Free. Rotman School of Management Fleck Atrium, 106 St George. 416-946-3818. tHe lOve sHOW (LOFT Youth Centre) Sale of 8x8-inch paintings. 6 pm (show runs to Dec 14). $5 or food donation. Gallery 918, 918 Bathurst. 918bathurst.com/loveshow. OtHer PeOPle’s stuff: tHe Great Canadian COmedy riP-Off (Red Door Family Shelter)

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Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. FrtOrOntO CHristmas market Beer and wine gardens, a reindeer petting zoo, workshops and more. Live music Thu-Sat from 7 pm. To Dec 18. Free. Distillery District, 55 Mill. torontochristmasmarket.com. transit safety and yOu Discussion forum on safety on the TTC for women and trans people. 6:30 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. Pre-register thrive@metrac.org.

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a radiCal visiOn – alternatives tO PsyCHiatry Lecture on alternatives in the mental

health system by Don Weitz. 7 pm. Free. OISE, rm 2212, 252 Bloor W. dweitz@rogers.com. treeHOuse talks Short talks on various topics by Jessa Gamble, Simon Cole and James Robert Brown. 6:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. treehousetalks.com.

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Music, magic, clowns, and arts and crafts. 11 am-3 pm. Free. Eglinton between Chaplin and Oriole. theeglintonway.com. One lOve tOrOntO: Haiti editiOn (The Global Seva Challenge Off the Mat, Into the

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artisans Gift fair Handcrafted gifts. Today and tomorrow noon-6 pm. Free. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. artisansgiftfair.com. FCHristmas by lamPliGHt Victorian Christmas celebration. 6 pm. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. Pre-register 416-736-1733. FCHristmas sWinG ball Beginner charleston and lindy hop lessons and dancing to live music. 7 pm. $15-$20. Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt. swingtoronto.com. City Of Craft Indie craft fair, installations and workshops. Today 11 am-6 pm; tomorrow 11 am-5 pm. $2, children free. Theatre Centre (1087 Queen W), Thrush Holmes Empire (1093 Queen W). cityofcraft.com. COmPassiOnate Care: a Humanist PersPeCtive Talk by Michael J Wheeler. 1:30-3 pm.

Free. OISE, rm 2-211, 252 Bloor W. humanist. toronto.on.ca. COntra danCe Beginners class and dancing to live music. 7 pm. $10. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth. tcdance.org. dJ skate niGHt Skate beside the lake while DJs spin. Saturdays to Feb 19 (except Dec 24 & 31). 8-11 pm. Free. Harbourfront Ice Rink, 235 Queens Quay. 416-973-4000.

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sector, and consumer protection. 2 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. Pre-register 416-393-7746.

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ary women’s theatre with staged readings of plays by Lisa Codrington, Jordi Mand, Kelly Thornton and others, plus workshops and talks. $20 (some events free). Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416368-3110, nightwoodtheatre.net. To Dec 10 tOrOntO serbian film festival Eleventh edition of the fest featuring contemporary Serbian films. $15-$20. Isabel Bader Theatre (93 Charles W), Royal Cinema (608 College) and TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King W). 647831-1657, dijaspora.ca/festival20011. To Dec 10 Bake Christmas treats using pioneer recipes. $50. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. 416-736-1733. Human riGHts day – Write fOr riGHts Drop in and send a card of hope to a prisoner of conscience. Noon-5 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-726-9500. Fmad market Holiday arts and crafts sale. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Raging Spoon, 761 Queen W. 416-504-6128. mad students sOCiety Peer support meeting for students who have experiences with mental health systems. 3:30 pm. Free. Preregister outreach@madstudentsociety.com.

muslim PersPeCtives On adOPtiOn and kafala Panel discussion with professor

Mohammad Fadel and others. 3 pm. $5. Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford. 416-444-7148. OCCuPy tOrOntO day Of aCtiOn Occupy Toronto protest against Bill C-10 and the prison system. 3 pm. Free. Meet at St James Park (King and Church) and march to the Don Jail. facebook.com/events/145016162268008. FrPOlar exPress PJ Party sCreeninG 3D film screening, arts and carfts, a Santa visit and more. 5:30 pm. $15. Ontario Place Cinesphere, 955 Lakeshore W. ontarioplace.com.

small Press tOrOntO Winter bOOk fair

Celebration of the small press and indie arts. 11 am-5 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. smallpressoftoronto.wordpress.com.

FrsOnGs, stOries and snOWflakes

Family concert with singer Moe McGuinty, storyteller Hildy Stollery and others. 1 pm. $10/2 tickets. High Park Family Fun Place, 2968 Dundas W. 647-654-7529. terra madre day Slow Food Toronto celebrates food diversity and local food networks with sampling, performances, cooking workshops and more. 2-6 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. textile temPtatiOns Sale of buttons, sewing and decorator fabrics. 10 am-4 pm. Free. Textile Museum Volunteer Workroom, 401 Richmond W. alopes@textilemuseum.ca. FWanderinG Winter Craft sHOW Holiday

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haven to those seeking refuge, and assists them in establishing a stable life. Help those without shelter when Paul Bellini, Ron Sparks, the Frantics, Jane Luk and others yuk it up in Other People’s Stuff: The Great Canadian Comedy Rip-off. Comedy Bar, 945B Bloor West. 8 pm, $10 minimum donation. otherpeoplesstuff.ca.

no Justice in criMe Bill coMics step up For red door There’s nothing funny about homelessness, but that won’t stop some of T.O.’s funniest comics from performing on behalf of the Red Door Family Shelter tonight (Thursday, December 8). Red Door offers a safe

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craft show. 11 am-5 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. shopcats.ca. What’s Your storY? Afternoon of storytelling from diverse cultural traditions. Today and tomorrow. 2, 3 & 4 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. Write For rights Letter-writing to support human rights defenders. Noon-7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-363-9933.

Sunday, December 11

Benefits

FgiFts 4 good (FaithActs Canada) Wrap a

gift for an underprivileged child. 1-4 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. veahavta.org. highliFe help (flood relief for the Bokoor African Popular Music Archives) Music by Afrafranto. 8:30 pm. $10 min. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. Kids oF Kaeng Krachan Fundraiser ii (to send students in Thailand to high school) Music by the Breakdown, DJs, a raffle and more. 9 pm. $12. Fox & Fiddle, 27 Wellesley E. 416-944-9369. FrtoY Mountain shoW (toy drive) Cookie decorating, music, clowns and more. 2 pm. Free w/ toy. The Birchmount, 462 Birchmount. uncleneiltoymountain.com.

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BarleY’s angels Join other beer-loving women to talk about Toronto’s brewing history. 6 pm. $30-$35. Rhino, 1249 Queen W. angelsindecember.eventbrite.com. Fgala! Holiday cabaret burlesque show with Les Coquettes. 7 & 10 pm. $15-$30. Revival, 783 College. lescoquettes.com. rKids discover starFall Performances based on characters from the children’s book. 3:30 pm. Free. Centre of Gravity, 1300

Doesn’t matter that the crime rate’s sinking – the Tories have rammed through their Bill C-10, the so-called Safe Streets And Communities Act. The bill, which mandates minimum sentences for drug offences (six pot plants and more) and eliminates conditional sentences for minors, will, of course, Gerrard E. starfallbook.com.

FrKoFFler FaMilY Fun Festival A student

recital, instrument-making, a portrait workshop and more. 10:30 am-4 pm. Free (preregister for workshop). Prosserman JCC, 4588 Bathurst. akocsis@kofflerarts.org. FrlatKes & light Community Chanukah celebration with musicians David Wall and Josh Engel. 11 am. $5, fam $10. 918 Bathurst. 416-789-5502. Frsanta stories Family storytelling for ages four and up. 2 pm. $10.50. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. 416-392-6915.

Monday, December 12

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Quiz/trivia night (Horizon Children’s Centre) Play for prizes. $10/team. Pour Boy, 666 Manning. 416-343-7969.

Events

Frlantern-MaKing Make a paper lantern

to carry in the Kensington Market Winter Solstice Parade (Dec 21). 11 am-5 pm. $10 sugg. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. 416-598-3729.

the MaKing and unMaKing oF a genre

FilM: Westerns Lecture by film critic Shlomo Schwartzberg. 7 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. mnjcc.org. parler Fort – toronto: Built and unBuilt

Author Mark Osbaldeston talks with critic/ journalist John Bentley Mays. 7:30 pm. $10, stu free. Fort York, 250 Fort York Blvd. 416392-6907. port lands Meeting Public consultation on work done to date and goals for the Port Lands. 6:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. waterfrontoronto.ca. step dancing lessons Learn Cape Breton step dancing. 6:30 beginners, 7:15 all others. $10. Farmer Memorial Baptist Church, 293 S Kingsway. Pre-register 416-231-8717.

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entirely justify the Tories increased expenditures on the prison system. March against this irrationally ideological legislation, Saturday (December 10), 3 pm. Free. St. James Park, King and Church. facebook.com/ events/145016162268008.

We KnoW Whose streets

Come give a boost to the Toronto G20 Legal Defence Fund and celebrate the first book on the June 2010 police riot, Whose Streets? The Toronto G20 And The Challenges Of Summit Protest, edited by Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth. The event, hosted by Rabble.ca, features performances by Shadow Hearts, Abstract Random, Secret Trial Five and discussion of the weekend that rocked the city. Today (Thursday, December 8), 7 pm. $10 or pwyc. CineCycle, 129 Spadina (rear). btlbooks.com. tertainment and a gourmet dinner. 6:30 pm. $30. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-9231171, casaloma.org.

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Fiddle lessons Learn Cape Breton fiddling. 6:30 pm beginners, 7:30 pm all others. $15. Farmer Memorial Baptist Church, 293 S Kingsway. Pre-register 416-231-8717.

FKeYhole sessions holidaY extrava-

ganza Saucy life-drawing session. 7:30 pm. $20. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. thekeyholesessions.com. puB stuMpers Weekly trivia night. 7:30 pm. Free. Stout Irish Pub, 221 Carlton. 647-3447676. Fthe shortBread variations Food guru Mary McGrath shares her shortbread recipes. 1 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. Preregister torontopubliclibrary.ca. Frthe storY An unconventional Nativity play is told at sites around the grounds with the audience walking from scene to scene. Through Dec 30 at various times. $25, child $10. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. 416-504-0019.

Wednesday, December 14

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chagall through toronto’s artists

Music, dance, performance and spoken word from local artists. 8 pm. $22.50. Art Gallery of Ontario. 317 Dundas W. kofflerarts.org. cold and Flu Health talk on prevention and treatment. 7 pm. Free. Main Street Library, 40 St Clair. 416-393-7700. egYpt and Jordan Travel talk. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel Co, 408 King W. atcadventure.com. trivia night Come out and play. $2. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042.

upcoming Thursday, December 15

Benefits

Fpin up (Mercer Union) Sale of limited edition posters by artists including Miles Collyer, Melanie Lowe and Robert Tombs. 7 pm. Free. Mercer Union, 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. Frsounds oF the season (local food banks) CBC Radio’s annual open house with musical performances by Nathaniel Dett Chorale, Justin Rutledge, QuiQue Escamilla and others. From 5:30 am. Free w/ food donation. CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front West. cbc.ca/toronto/community/sots.html.

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Farcadia craFt shoW & sale Opening night reception. 5-9 pm, Authors Day Dec 17 noon-5 pm. Show runs to Dec 24. 680 Queens Quay W. solocontinuity@yahoo.ca. Breathing For stress relieF Lecture. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. Martha rosler Contemporary art lecture. 7 pm. $12. Harbourfront Centre Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. World Food securitY Science for Peace lecture by sociology/geography professor Harriet Friedmann. 4 pm. Free. University College, rm 179, 15 King’s College. scienceforpeace.ca. 3

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 What’s the most

beautiful thing you’ve ever seen in your life? To answer that question is your first assignment. It’s okay if you can’t decide between the three or four most beautiful things. What’s important is to keep visions of those amazements dancing in the back of your mind for the next few days. Play with them in your imagination. Feel the feelings they rouse in you as you muse about the delights they have given you. Regard them as beacons that will attract other ravishing marvels into your sphere. Now here’s your second assignment: Be alert for and go hunting for a new “most beautiful thing.”

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 “Not to dream

boldly may turn out to be irresponsible,” said educator George Leonard. I certainly think that will be true for you in the coming months, Taurus. In my astrological opinion, you have a sacred duty not only to yourself, but also to the people you care about, to use your imagination more aggressively and expressively as you contemplate what might lie ahead for you. You simply cannot afford to remain safely ensconced within your comfort zone, shielded from the big ideas and tempting fantasies that have started calling and calling and calling to you.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Researchers at

the University of Oregon claim that in certain circumstances, they can make water flow uphill (tinyurl.com/UphillFlow). I’m not qualified to evaluate their evidence, but I do know that in the coming week you will have the power to accomplish the metaphorical equivalent of what they say they did. Don’t squander this magic on trivial matters, please, Gemini. Use it to facilitate a transformation that’s important to your longterm well-being.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 “Dear Rob: Is

there any way to access your horoscope archives going back to 1943? I’m writing a novel about World War II and need to see your astrological writings from back then. - Creative Cancerian.” Dear Creative: To be honest, I wasn’t writing horoscopes back in 1943, since I wasn’t anywhere near being born yet. On the other hand, I give you permission to make stuff up for your novel and say I wrote it back in 1943. Most of you Cancerians have good imaginations about the past, and you’re currently going through a phase when that talent is amplified. While you’re tinkering with my history, have fun with yours, too. This is an excellent time for members of your tribe to breath new life and fresh spin into a whole slew of your own personal memories.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 At Chow.com, food critic L. Nightshade gathered “The 78 Most Annoying Words To Read In A Restaurant Review.” Among the worst offenders: “meltingly tender,” “yummilicious,” “crazy delicious,” “orgasmic,” “I have seen God,” “symphony of flavours,” and “party in your mouth.” I understand the reluctance of any serious wordsmith to resort to such predictable language in crafting an appraisal of restaurant fare, but I don’t mind borrowing it to hint at your immediate future. What you experience may be more like a “party in your head” than a “party in your mouth,” and “crazy delicious” may describe events

and adventures rather than flavours per se. But I think you’re in for a yummilicious time.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 In Nan You’re A

Window Shopper, British recording artist Lily Allen sings, “The bottom feels so much better than the top.” She means it ironically; the person she’s describing in the song is neurotic and insecure. But in using that declaration as a theme for your horoscope this week – the bottom feels so much better than the top – I mean it sincerely. What you have imagined as being high, superior or uppermost may turn out to be mediocre, illusory or undesirable. Conversely, a state of affairs that you once considered to be low, beneath your notice or not valuable could become rather interesting. And if you truly open your mind to the possibilities, it may even evolve into something that’s quite useful.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 Emily Rubin invited authors to write about a specific theme for a literary reading she organized in New York last September: stains. “What is your favourite stain?” she asked prospective participants, enticing them to imagine a stain as a good thing, or at least as an interesting twist. Included in her own list were chocolate, candle wax, lipstick, grass, mud, wine and tomato sauce. What are yours, Libra? This would be an excellent time to sing the praises of your best-loved or most provocative blotches, splotches and smirches – and have fun stirring up some new ones. sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 Mickey Mouse is a Scorpio, born November 18, 1928. Bugs Bunny is a Leo, coming into the world on July 27, 1940. In their long and storied careers, these two iconic cartoon heroes have made only one joint appearance. It was in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. They got equal billing and spoke the same number of words. I’m predicting that a comparable event will soon take place in your world, Scorpio: a conjunction of two stars, a blend of two strong flavours or a coming together of iconic elements that have never before mixed. Sounds like you’re in for a splashy time. sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 Harvey

Ball was a commercial artist who dreamed up the iconic image of the smiley face. He whipped it out in 10 minutes one day in 1963. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t trademark or copyright his creation, and as a result made only $45 from it, even as it became an archetypal image used millions of times all over the world. Keep his story in the back of your mind during the coming weeks, Sagittarius. I have a feeling you will be coming up with some innovative moves or original stuff, and I would be sad if you didn’t get proper credit and recognition for your work.

access to all of the motivational energy it has to offer. Be very choosy.

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 The quality

of your consciousness is the single most influential thing about you. It’s the source of the primary impact you make on other human beings. It changes every situation you interact with, sometimes subtly and other times dramatically. So here’s my first question: How would you characterize the quality of your consciousness? The answer is complicated, of course. But there must be eight to 10 words that capture the essence of the vibes you beam out wherever you go. Now comes my second question: Are you satisfied with the way you contribute to life on earth with the quality of your consciousness? It’s an excellent time to contemplate these primal matters.

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 Some martial artists unleash a sharp percussive shout as they strike a blow or make a dramatic move – a battle cry that helps channel their will into an explosive, concise expression of force. The Japanese term for this is “kiai.” A few women’s tennis players invoke a similar sound as they smack the ball with their racquet. Maria Sharapova holds the record for loudest shriek at 105 decibels. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to call on your own version of kiai, Pisces. As you raise your game to the next level, it would make perfect sense for you to get your entire body involved in exerting some powerful, highly-focused master strokes. Homework: Show me why I might enjoy following you on Twitter by sending some of your sample tweets to Truthrooster@gmail.com. And find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/FreeWillAstro.

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Bertha Gonzalez of Tayrona presents her tamales (clockwise from left); Lorena Ramos of Antojitos Peruanos preps the ceviche; Tayrona’s cassava patties are ready to serve; Anita Graciano of Macondo flaunts Colombian empanadas.

The ever-morphing Market’s looking like a Latin quarter By STEVEN DAVEY kensington has always been a neighbourhood in perpetual transition, from its beginnings as a Jewish market through its subsequent waves of Jamaican and Portuguese immigration. Of late, the shops on and around Baldwin and Augusta have evolved into our version of the Latin Quarter, chockablock with underground foodie destinations like Jumbo Empanadas (245 Augusta, 416-977-0056), Emporio Latino (243 Augusta, 416351-9646), Perola (247 Augusta, 416593-9728), El Trompo (277 Augusta, 416-260-0097) and La Tortilleria (198 Augusta, 416-546-5516). But it wasn’t until the launch of Francisco Alejandri’s tiny Agave y Aguacate Mexican

street food stall in the ad-hoc Latino mall at 214 Augusta (647-208-3091) – and a subsequent NNNNN review in NOW – that the rest of the city took notice. And it hasn’t taken long for other vendors to follow Alejandri’s example. Four outfits are now operating out of the ragtag 214 Augusta storefront – five if you count Pancho’s Bakery (416-854-8770) up front. Bertha Gonzalez bills the comida de la calle she dishes up at Tayrona (416-242-6541, NNN) as “typical Colombian food,” but it’s anything but. Her corndog-like cassava patties come stuffed with either delicately spiced ground beef, ham and cheese, shredded chicken or mashed beans scented

with dill ($2 each, three for $5). Oversized plantain tostones are layered with queso and sweet strawberry syrup ($2.50 for two), while deep-fried pork belly chicharrón served on a thick pressed-to-order tortilla squirted with fresh lime ($3) would be right at home at the Black Hoof. Saturdays, she whips up a huge pot of mondongo soup ($5), a deliciously rich mix of tender, chunky pork, waxy potato and slippery beef tripe. Throw in a heaping spoonful of house-made

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augmented by stellar baked goods from nearby Knead Bakery makes this an inevitable magnet for the stroller brigade. Best: sweet Berretta Farms ground beef chili sided with jalapeño cornbread miniature whoopee pies filled with Fifth Town goat cheese and smoked Mennonite bacon; broccoli and Woolwich cheddar quiche with buttery croissant crust; Cha Cha chicken salad sandwiches on St

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1515 Gerrard E, at Coxwell, 647-3414070. Though there may be similar allday indie spots on every street corner west of Bathurst, here in Little India, Dawn Chapman’s artsy 34-seat café is cause for dancing in the streets. A short locavore card of soups ‘n’ sandwiches

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Urbain poppyseed bagels; salted caramel and chocolate cheesecake brownies; for the Star Wars fanatic, Princess Leia cinnamon buns. Complete meals for $15, including all tax, tip, and a Te Aro coffee. Average main $8. Open Monday to Thursday 7 am to 6 pm, Friday 7 am to 7 pm, Saturday and Sunday 8:30 am to 6 pm. Unlicensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN

Scotch bonnet hot sauce and watch your head explode. Across the aisle at Macondo (647-9242034, NNN), bubbly Anita Graciano deepfries cornmeal-crusted empanadas in the Colombian style, thick with samosa-like potatoes ’n’ peas ($2 each, three for $5). Don’t miss the terrific special-order ham, cheese and raisin wrapped sandwiches – a savoury Venezuelan strudel known as pan de jamón – she sells for a buck an inch.

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791 Dundas W, at Palmerston, 416-9019581, louvrier.ca. Does the super-hip Dundas West strip really need another cutting-edge cantina? It does when the results are this delish: a spacious gallerylike space, attitude-free service and a card that flirts with Southeast Asia (hello, Susur!) and classic French country comfort. Best: chicken liver pâté dressed with pickled celery, paired with smoked ham hock croquettes and house-made piccalilli; ribbons of English cucumber and fennel tossed with pomegranate seeds and

crumbled Greek feta; mains like King Cole Farms duck confit with baked gnocchi and wilted spinach in roasted garlic cream; braised lamb shank ravioli finished with buttery pureed cauliflower; at brunch, crisp rosti dressed with peppery arugula sided with smoked salmon, capers and crème fraîche; to finish, flourless chocolate fudge cake. Complete dinners for $55 (brunches $25), including tax, tip and a glass of wine. Average main $21/$12. Open for dinner Tuesday to Sunday from 6 pm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. Closed Monday, some holidays. Licensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: NNN

= Critics’ Pick NNNNN = Rare perfection NNNN = Outstanding, almost ﬂawless NNN = Recommended, worthy of repeat visits NN = Adequate N = You’d do better with a TV dinner

food&drink Monday to Friday, Lorena Ramos can be found in the kitchen of the popular Boulevard Café on Harbord, but come the weekend, she and daugh ter Sully Rios operate Antojitos Peruanos (416516 0958, NNN). Their papas rel lenas ($5) come in the shape of foot balls, albeit footballs of deepfried mashed potato laced with hard boiled eggs and black pit ted olives. Tamales (all $5) might seem expensive at first when compared to others in the nabe, but not when you cut through their banana leaf wrappers and find handground cornmeal, pricey Manchego cheese and buttery baby corn kissed with basil. Arepas are often described as south American hamburgers, but they’re more falafel than Big Mac, pitalike steamed cornmeal pockets stuffed with all manner of variables. New kid Colombo Arepas (6478245224, NNNN) loads its version with shredded chick en or pork, spicy chorizo or grilled steak and the optional likes of cara melized plantain, guacamole, crum bled feta, raw red onions soaked in

lime and thermonuclear hot sauce ($6). Best in town? Not to be outdone, Segovia Meats next door (218 Augusta, 4165939904, NNN) opened its own street side food stall over the summer. Owner Leo Segovia plans to make the slapdash take away a permanent feature of his butcher shop this winter. Go for traditional Brazil ian dishes like rustic Tayrona’s arepa con feijoada – miscellaneous chicharrón pork parts in soupy spices black beans over rice things up. and collard greens dusted with toasted cas sava flour – or massive garlicky 6ounce burgers (both $9) dressed with ham, bacon, lettuce, tomato, shredded cheddar, crushed potato chips and the proverbial runny fried egg. Like most of the cantinas next door, Segovia’s hours aren’t written in stone. Friday through Sunday, no problemo. But if it’s Tuesday – espe cially in the middle of February – you might want to give them all a call first. Preferably in Spanish. 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

Lorena Ramos of Antojitos Peruanos shows off the causa lime.

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block is dead.” No surprise there. Inigo was next door to a funeral parlour.

Raq ’Em Up

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Torito #2?

If you’ve ever wanted to check out Francisco Alejendri’s stellar Agave y Aguacate but have been put off by eating Mexican food on paper plates in a low-rent food court with limited seating, here’s your chance to see what everybody’s raving about in a slightly more upscale setting. Head to the Raq (739 Queen West, at Tecumseth, 416-504-9120, theraq.ca) today (Thursday, December 8), when the rising chef dishes up the likes of fiery tortilla soup finished with fresh avocado ($5) and white fish ceviche tostadas dressed with habanero peppers ($7) in a real

Only weeks after his Trinity Bellwoods take-away was featured in NOW’s controversial meat issue, Carlos Hernandez has shuttered Inigo. The building that once belonged to notorious bicycle thief Igor Kenk has since been sold. Hernandez cites problems with his suppliers. The Quebec farm that provided the free-range birds that made his considerable rep pulled the plug when they decided the partnership wasn’t profitable. He also faults that section of the Queen West strip’s lack of foot traffic. “With the park across the street, this

One of the many restaurateurs who passed on buying the Inigo building at Queen and Strachan was Hernandez’s ex-boss at Torito, Veronica Laudes. Instead, she’s turned to Parkdale, specifically the storefront at 1690 Queen West that’s currently home to Keriwa Café. Don’t worry – Laudes bought the building strictly as an investment. Aboriginal chef Aaron Joseph Bear Robe and company aren’t going anywhere. “They’re very young, but they know what they’re doing,” says SD Laudes. “I’m a huge fan.”

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The rise of the digital camera means everyone’s shooting everywhere, and just about anyone can become a citizen photojournalist. But you need the right equipment and, if you take pictures with your phone, the best apps. Enter NOW’s special photography feature, guiding you to the best cameras and top apps, with bonus tips from one of NOW’s most accomplished shooters. By ALEXANDER JOO

WHICH CAMERA?

We’ve selected 15 cameras that meet our standards for quality, durability and value. All cameras are available at Henry’s unless otherwise specified.

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These pocket rockets slip in and out of your pants or purse and take no more than three clicks of a button to take a decent image.

You’ll need a separate case for these cameras, but with added bulk come manual controls, better zoom, larger sensors and a versatile – but not interchangeable – lens.

The 12-megapixel Olympus T-100 is ideal for beginners who want a sub-compact camera at a sub-$100 price. Stripped of advanced features, it still has an Olympus-quality lens, 2.4inch LCD, 3x optical zoom, face detection, digital stabilization and art filters – more than most average photographers need, and better than any camera phone. Best for: Novice photographers or people who just want the quickest route from point A to point Facebook. $69.99, regularly $99.99. For outdoor enthusiasts, the rugged 12.1-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3R is water-, shock-, freeze- and dustproof so it’ll last as long as you do. For serious Survivor adventures it also includes a GPS, compass, barometer and altimeter. The Leica-made lens ensures top-quality shots on a camera a third as expensive as an actual Leica. Best for: Adventurers or just plain clumsy folk who want durability they don’t have to worry about. $379.99. The 12.1-megapixel Canon Powershot S100 is similar in size to other compacts but with twice the sensor size – which affects quality more than megapixels. The portable choice for shooters who want to leave the dSLR at home, this camera is packed with enough manual functions to keep pros appeased while teaching amateurs new tricks. Best for: More advanced photographers who want a pocketable option when they can’t whip out a dSLR. $449.99.

The 10.1-megapixel Canon Powershot G12 has multiple dials and click wheels on the outside, giving you more control of manual settings without having to navigate multiple levels of onscreen menus. The flip-out 3-inch LCD lets you frame your shots from different angles, and the wide-angle lens fills the entire shot with landscapey goodness. Best for: Shooters who want manual control at their fingertips without too much bulk. $499.99. With 36X Optical Zoom, the 12.1 megapixel Nikon CoolPix P500 has one of the longest zooms available in a compact (864mm equivalent). Combined with a speedy image processor, an agile autofocus and HD video recording, it’s perfect for shooting sports, races and other action that takes place fast, far away – and that you don’t have a ticket to get into. $329.99 (original $399.99) Best for: Photographers who need to be close to the action. $329.99. The 10.1-megapixel Leica D-LUX 5 Titanium is like wearing a Rolex when a Casio would do. For the price, you get prestige, pedigree and quality, from the ergonomics to the titanium anodized finish. In addition to the leather case, you’re paying for a superior lens that exploits light sources in the darkest environments, producing sharp shots with precise details and natural colours – even in the abominable auto mode. Best for: People who demand the highest quality, for whom money is no object. Limited edition with case, $1,249.99.

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Photo focus PRO-AMATEURS You’ve graduated to using interchangeable lenses and want total control of F-stops, shutter speeds, metering modes and depth of field – and you want style, dammit!

Retro on the outside, the 13.1-megapixel Olympus Pen E-P3 is all high tech under the hood, with a large micro Four Thirds sensor but without the mirror box, so it’s not a dSLR-sized mammoth. Full manual controls, ergonomic grip and a smattering of art filters help you take shots that look as good as this camera does. Best for: Creative pro-amateurs who want unique shots bordering on the surreal. $799.99 (originally $899.99) with 14-42mm II R lens.

One of the smallest cameras with swappable lenses, the 10.1-megapixel Nikon 1 V1 loses the physical knobs and dials so you can focus on the spontaneous. Retaining much-loved features other companies are ignoring – electronic viewfinder, mechanical shutter – it also employs new tech like blazing-fast autofocus and a Smart Photo Selector that erases technically poor shots. And it comes in pink! Best for: Shooters who use an array of lenses and possess tiny hands. $950 with 1 NIKKOR 10mm f/2.8 lens.

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ANALOG CAMERAS

Once you’re in the big leagues, you need a bigleague camera, tripod and a big-ass bag to hold it all. You either want to do this for a living or just look like you do.

You’re more likely to care about your shots if you use film rather than memory cards. But film’s new life in our digital world is all about spontaneity, happy accidents and hard, vibrant evidence that you were there.

The 18-megapixel Canon Rebel T3i is perfect for novices in the dSLR world without being a stripped-down newbie camera. Basic+ offers more control in scene modes, and the on-screen feature guide explains what you did when you turned all those knobs. If you’re overwhelmed by the manual functions, flip to Scene Intelligent Auto and let the software make you look good. Best for: Amateurs looking to step up to the dSLR level. $799.99 (originally $949.99) with 18-55mm EF-S IS II lens.

The Fujifilm Instax Mini 50S brings instant gratification to the party along with the lost art of waving a print back and forth to air-dry it. When you automatically adjust its shutter speed and colour balance, it does its best in low light – but even if it fails, you get surreal prints to put on the refrigerator door. Best for: Producing one-of-a-kind prints that capture the moment and giving them to strangers you’ve just met. $129.99.

For high-end enthusiasts, the 24.3-megapixel Sony Alpha A77 uses translucent mirror technology, so light is always hitting the sensor. This gives you simultaneous focusing while capturing images, and an astounding 12 frames per second – on autofocus – so you don’t miss even half a beat. With GPS, a high-resolution 3-inch LCD and full HD video recording, Sony’s using its electronics know-how to clobber the competition. Best for: Pros who need the newest technology. $1,599.99 with 18-55mm DT lens.

The 16-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1 is for enthusiasts who want sheer power and perfect balance of size and function. A mix of physical dials and menus activated via touch screen makes manual functions a breeze, while the super-sensitive 12,800 ISO and a processor that wipes away noise (static) make photos shot on a January evening look like it’s a sunny July afternoon. Best for: Pro-amateurs hell-bent on quality images. $849.99 with 14-42mm OIS lens.

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Aimed at press and sports photographers, the 12.1-megapixel Nikon D3S shoots high-calibre images on a giant full-frame sensor (35mm equivalent). Focusing is its biggest strength, as it locks on using 51 AF (autofocus) points quickly and accurately, and shooting in extreme low light conditions at high ISO speeds yields usable shots. Best for: Pro shooters who can make the camera pay for itself in less than a week. $5,199.99, body only.

Among the last of a dying breed, the Nikon FM10 is one of the few film cameras still on the market. Once a choice for photography students, it’s now for film enthusiasts who know what they’re doing, since it lacks scene modes and previews to prevent mistakes that’ll cost you in film. But nothing is more satisfying than developing your own prints in your closet. Best for: Photography buffs with a deep passion for picture-taking and dangerous chemicals. $349.99 with 35-70mm lens, case and strap.

Lomography has just a few rules: take your camera with you, shoot from the hip and don’t worry about the outcome. The Lomo LC-A Russia Day Limited Edition updates the classic that started the movement. It’s wrapped in red Italian goat leather and outfitted with the Minitar lens that produces radiant colours and shadowy vignettes. Best for: Spontaneous people more interested in shooting moments than technically correct photos. $389 from Lomography Gallery Store Toronto, 536 Queen West, 647-352-6700, canada.shop.lomography.com.

Note that specific lenses are cited when multiple combos are available for purchase – in which case we’ve mentioned the least expensive.

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How I got the shot NOW photographers share their secrets

Photo subject: Kevin Spacey Photographer: Kathryn Gaitens Bio: Bachelor of applied arts, photography, Ryerson Key training factor: I assisted Ron Baxter Smith, a photographer and commercial director. On film shoots I was always trying to figure out what the electrics and DOP were up to. The fascination/obsession with lighting begins…. First job: Flare Magazine. I cold-called them two weeks after finishing Ryerson. Ran in NOW: January 13, 2005 Challenge: Getting something different and cover-worthy in a hotel room in only 15 minutes. Solution: I had a plan – well, actually three set-ups with choreographed lighting between each one. The trick was selling it. Kevin Spacey doesn’t do anything he doesn’t want to do. His mind operates as if it’s got precision engineering. He knew what I was looking for without asking. When I was about to suggest something, he said, “No, don’t tell me. Perhaps something like this, or maybe this?” Basically the shoot unpacked itself from there. Many of my favourite photos feel like a collaboration, where the photo was given rather than taken. Gear: Hasselblad, with ISO 100, 60mm lens, F8 @ 1/125 Essential tip: Try to get into the shooting room early. In this case I was in 30 minutes ahead of the shoot. Any set-up time helps, even if you can only get a few extra minutes. I used a boom to keep the shadow from the curtain off his face. There’s a time for winging it, but with minimal time available to shoot, it’s best to have a plan.

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Photo focus These top 10 apps will expand the functionality of your cellphone, now the most popular tool for shooting iOS apps (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad) Camera+ $0.99 This app actually controls the physical camera on your iDevice, further bridging the gap between iPhones and Nikons. You can manually control exposure, focus and white balance, and use regular digicam features like digital zoom, image stabilizer and scene modes.

Hipstamatic $1.99 Slick, perfectly exposed photographs have their place, though from the sheer number of downloads of this app, it’s clear the public wants warm and fuzzy analogue images. Choose a lens, flash and film and take snaps that bring back that loving feeling you get from plastic cameras of yore.

Adobe Photoshop Express free (also for Android) Save yourself the $700 it costs to buy the full desktop version of the most popular image editing software. This trimmed-down version gives you top-notch features to fix your images – cropping, colour correction – and add creativity with art filters and borders. It also adds noise reduction, self-timer and auto-review features to your iDevice’s camera.

Android apps Retro Camera Plus $2.99 Android’s best clone of the popular Hipstamatic lets you choose between five cameras, each with its own feature-set of film scratches, vignetting, and cross-processing, all through a hyperrealistic interface that makes you think you’re holding an actual Holga.

360 Panorama $0.99 (also for Android) You don’t need wide-angle lenses to capture the whole view. Use this app to take jaw-dropping 360° panoramas of the entire scene around you so you can immerse yourself in it later. Every shot is GPS-tagged so you never forget a location.

Blackberry apps Camera360 free This well-rounded, frequently updated app lets you choose gardenvariety effects from Retro to Night Enhancement while tossing in some super-modern filters to create HDR (high-dynamic range) and tilt-shift images. The Chinese producer claims the newest Skin Beautify function will let you say bye-bye to loneliness and hello to confidence.

PicSay Pro $3.99 For the ultimate in juvenile creativity, this app comes loaded with fake hats, hairstyles, eyes, moustaches, word balloons, thought bubbles and a slew of other objects to slap onto the people in your shots. It also enables cutting-andpasting so you can, say, swap your head with Kanye West’s, and his with someone who can keep his mouth shut.

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16.0 Mega Pixels Camera + Zoom $0.99 Although not a “true” 16 megapixels, this app does its best to optimize your low-res shots into sharp, frameable prints. The advanced timer slows shutter speed to a crawl, letting you capture great shots in the darkest of settings, while the BurstShooter mode can snap 25 pictures per second.

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Photo Studio PRO $2.99 This photo editing app has 62 filters for amateurs looking to artify their images, including sepia, vintage, Lomo and sketch, as well as custom frames to finish off the effect. Expert editors will be happy to see more advanced features that let you adjust hue, saturation, RGB values and exposure level.

NightVision $1.99 It’s designed to enhance challenging night photos, whether you’re shooting the skyline, fireworks or your friends at a club. Five visual effects – Infrared, Alien Spectrum, X-Ray, Intensity and Colour flip – create stunning images, and post-editing features further brighten the scene, but sadly, not BlackBerry’s future.

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Chronology (Eagle Vision) Like their music, this collection of live Talking Heads appearances is deceptively straightforward. A single DVD and a small hardcover book suggest no surprises. But open the book and there’s a long, rambling essay by rock critic legend Lester Bangs on the band, more a treatise on the inherent neuroses and philosophical crises involved in living in the modern world than anything resembling conventional box set biographical info. The opposite of exhaustive, the DVD is occasionally frustrating in its brevity. No effort has been made to milk rare footage of early performances at CBGBs and the Kitchen, but that could be the point. By the time you’ve made your way through the book and the various bonus DVD features, the uniquely polite transgressive and subversive aspects of this seminal art rock band have been brought into sharp focus. Despite the package’s simplicity and economy, Chronology explains much more than a typical box set four times its size could have. BENJAMIN BOLES Chronology/Deluxe $19.99 at HMV.

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There was something voyeuristic about the crowd at the Toronto debut of Lana del Rey, the New York singer/ songwriter whose popularity has exploded thanks to her melancholic pop single Video Games and an ongoing online debate over her authenticity. Judging by the chatter that persisted throughout her 40-minute set, it’s clear del Rey’s fans are big talkers online and off. Also apparent is the fact that she’s new to performing for large audiences. Her stage banter was hurried and nervous, she apologized for not giving her all during one number and seemed reluctant to return for an encore. When she did, she performed older song Diet Mtn Dew. “Listen, I really haven’t done this song live,” she said, “but my sets are so fucking short, I’m just gonna try it. If you judge me, I’ll kill you!”

Charming, affable and eager to please, del Rey was most captivating, during soaring opener Without You and the lilting, husky Video Games, but sometimes lost the crowd with more generic-sounding R&B songs like You KEVIN RITCHIE Can Be The Boss.

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Rating: NNNN Making a sold-out Massey Hall feel like a small club requires a special touch, which is exactly what Leslie Feist demonstrated at her homecoming show. Her onstage demeanour was often goofy, and she had the crowd in the palm of her hand. Early in the set, a few dozen fans jumped onstage to dance alongside the band, and instead of allowing security to clear them off, the down-to-earth folk-pop superstar suggested they “grab some wood” and sit down, which they obediently did, remaining there till the end and occa-

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Rating: NNNN “I’m so fuckin’ amped right now, Toronto,” Ghostface Killah told the crowd at Sound Academy. Given the electricity in the room, it didn’t need to be said. It’s been at least 15 years since the legendary Wu-Tang Clan co-found-

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Adam Granduciel is amused by people’s perception of him as a jilted bandmate. The Philadelphia-based musician started the War on Drugs in 2005 with the help of then-unknown guitarist and singer Kurt Vile. Vile and Granduciel had a breakout year in 2011, the former due to his lauded solo album Smoke Ring For My Halo and Granduciel for his propulsive summer release, Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian). Expect to see both on critics’ year-end lists. Vile ceased being a regular contributor to TWOD around 2008, causing some people to think Granduciel had been ditched by the shooting star and left to pick up the pieces of his band. “People always ask, ‘How did you find the courage to move

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Since then, they’ve quit their day jobs, moved out of their parents’ basements and signed a deal with Atlantic. It’s been immediate and intense, but guitarist/lead singer Ewan Currie insists it’s not a straightforward ragsto-riches tale. “It’s been a dream come true – don’t get me wrong,” he drawls over the phone from a tour stop in Fredericton. “But just because we won the competition doesn’t mean we can sit back, put our feet up and watch the money roll in. It puts us in a better position, but we’ve still got to work hard.” And they’re working harder than ever. Since winning, they’ve supported Kings of Leon on an arena tour, played across the U.S. twice and are now headlining a Canadian tour that has them doing 24 shows in 26 days. “We’ve put over 37,000 kilometres on our van in the past year,” Currie says, only half-bragging. It’s all paying off. Their 2010 Learn & Burn album, a stoner-friendly throwback to the Allman Brothers, Cream and just about anyone who appeared on the Dazed & Confused soundtrack, has gone gold in Canada, quite a feat considering it was self-recorded on a computer to save studio fees. In the States, though, they’ve achieved notoriety for a more embarrassing reason: their appearance on Project Runway. It was an undeniable profile boost, despite the fact that the fashion-centric reality show doesn’t exactly reflect their long-hair-and-bellbottoms aesthetic. “That seems to be the number-one thing people know us from over there, even more than the Rolling Stone cover,” chuckles Currie bemusedly. “People recognize us, which feels great until they go, ‘Oh yeah, Project Runway.’ We’re good sports about it, but you can add that to the list of things we won’t be doing again.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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Thursday, December 8 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

AIR CANADA CENTRE The National, Neko

Case, Wye Oak doors 6:30 pm. ñ ALLEYCATZ Lady Kane. BEAVER EP release Foxfire (live), Brian Borcherdt (DJing). ñ BOVINE SEX CLUB Womb, Sky of Sound, the Vanguards, DJ Misty.

CLINTON’S Katlina Cowan, Too Much Unsaid,

Wind Broken Stones (indie/folk rock). DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE Weekend Startup Boot Knives (rock) doors 11 pm. DUFFY’S TAVERN Szan T No, Ento Anthony, Harrison Fine. EL MOCAMBO Care For The Caribbean Benefit Crimes in Paris, First Rate People, Singapore, DJ WLFPK doors 8 pm. FGLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Indie Love’s Christmas Vibes Kulcha Ites, MC Flawless, Selecta Sabu (reggae) 9 pm. GRAFFITI’S Sixth Annual Blue Moon Series Ron Hawkins & Steve Stanley.

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$59.50. LN, TM. March 14.

JOHN HAMMOND Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $47.50-$50. March 23 and 24.

KASABIAN Phoenix Concert Theatre

doors 8 pm, $24.50. RT, SS, TW. March 29.

HARD LUCK BAR One-Look Donnybrook, Marla

Zinger, Burnz N Hell, Philly Moves doors 9 pm. HEMINGWAYS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 9 pm. HORSESHOE Woods, Wet Hair (psych folk rock) doors 8:30 pm. LEE’S PALACE Anna Calvi, the Gift doors 8:30 pm. FLIVING ARTS CENTRE Christmas My Way Paul Anka 8 pm. FTHE LOCAL A Fraser/Daley Christmas.

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MASSEY HALL Tori Amos doors 7 pm. ñ NOCTURNE Avasinity, Mindsight (rock/metal). ORBIT ROOM Julian Taylor Band (rock singer/ songwriter) 10 pm.

FPHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Holiday

Show Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians, ñ Said the Whale doors 7 pm, all ages.

PRESS CLUB Cactus (acoustic punk) 10 pm. RAINBOW CINEMAS MINT Film Festival: The US

Vs John Lennon (post-film concert by Toronto musicians). RIVOLI Sara Kamin, Abigail Lapell, Sarah Burton, Everybody Wave, Jolies Alien Babes 8:30 pm. SILVER DOLLAR JM7, Silver Creek, Motel English, Fleece Elves. THE SISTER Masters of Love and Sound (dub reggae/funk) 9:30 pm. SOUND ACADEMY Imagine: The Music Of John Lennon – benefit for Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness The Carpet Frogs w/ Murray McLauchlan, Carl Dixon, Ray Coburn, Molly Johnson, Billy Newton Davis, Paul James and others doors 8 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. SUPERMARKET The Pigott Brothers, Morning Thieves, Selyne Maia Trio, Joel Martin, Jacelyn Holmes, Mike Celia doors 8 pm. WHITE SWAN R&B Rock Jam.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA UPSTAIRS Voodoo Walters & the

Rhythm Method (blues). BLUE MOON Firedance (drum and dance circle) 8 pm. CASTRO’S LOUNGE Jerry Leger & the Situation (country/folk/rock) 9 pm.

CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Trevor James (country/pop) 10 pm.

THE DANNY Acoustic Open Stage Sebastian Agnello (eclectic) 9:30 pm.

DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR Uncle Herb’s Open Mic (country/folk/blues/rock) 9:30 pm.

FDISTILLERY DISTRICT Toronto Christmas

Market David Myles (singer/songwriter) 7 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN Tara Open Mic Night 7:30 pm. EMMET RAY BAR Box Full of Cash (blues rock) 9 pm. HART HOUSE ARBOR ROOM U of T Idol Dave Clark & the Woodshed Orchestra 8 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Oh Susanna, the Abrams Brothers, Matthew Barber, Samantha martin, Awna Teixeira Society, Lori Yates 8:30 pm. LOLA Brian Cober (solo acoustic blues) 9 pm. MAGPIE CAFE Beams (folk/country/rock) 10 pm. TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX BELL BLUE ROOM Red Zone Alex Cuba (singer/songwriter) 7 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth, Dirty Dishes 7:30 pm.

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JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

CHERRY STREET RESTAURANT Thursday Night Jazz Nadje Noordhuis Quartet 7:30 pm.

GATE 403 Kevin Laliberté Jazz & Flamenco

Trio 9 pm, Alex Samaras Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Joe Sealy 7:30 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). REX Aubrey Dale’s MY ID 9:30 pm, Alex Goodman Quintet 6:30 pm. ROY THOMSON HALL Ehnes Plays Tchaikovsky Toronto Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes (violin) 8 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL Tallis Scholars (early music) 8 pm. ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC MAZZOLENI HALL The Glenn Gould School’s New Music Ensemble 7:30 pm.

SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Brownies Nicole Rampersaud, Parmela Attariwala, Ken Ald-

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Darryl (rocksteady/rock & roll/hip-hop/funk) 7 pm. Black Moon lounge Sound Directions (house/electronica/disco) 6:30 pm to midnight. eMBaSSy Bar Girls Go Crazy! DJs Christina & Elaine (punk/garage/soul/glam/psych/rock & roll) 10 pm. Fly Rocket DJ Sumation 10 pm.5 goodhandy’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 groTTo lounge Bar Fly DJ Spence Diamonds, DJ Corey Dawkins 8 pm. inSoMnia DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). lolaBar DJ Mr Stylus (hip-hop/funk/soul/R&B). The PiSTon Holiday Hell (hair metal/rock) 10 pm. rivoli Pool lounge DJ Plan B (electrobeats/ disco). Shallow groove New Country Thursdays DJ Jonathan Demers 8 pm.

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futuristic folk

alleycaTz Lady Kane. aquila uPSTairS Bang Howdy (R&B). FBovine Sex cluB Exclaim! Holiday

Three members are more than enough if they all use their hands and feet

cadillac lounge The Joyful Sinners. dora keogh Club Django (pop). el MocaMBo Tiny Danza, Blake Carrington,

Sunparlour playerS By Benjamin Boles SunParlour PlayerS at the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Saturday (December 10), doors 9 pm. $13.50. RT, SS, TW.

With each new Sunparlour Players album, it gets harder to describe them as a folk band. Lots of acoustic instruments and storytelling songs can still be heard on their newest disc, Us Little Devils (Outside), but also unexpected punk and electronic music influences. That was a result of letting things happen naturally, explains frontman Andrew Penner, rather than a deliberate attempt to confound critics.

“Obviously we’re not a punk or electronic band, but everyone listens to everything now, right?” Penner asks from his Toronto home. “The only conscious decision we made with this album was to not think about genres.” To help them achieve that freewheeling sound, they enlisted producer Chris Stringer, who’s built a name for himself through his critically acclaimed work with bands like Timber Timbre and Ohbijou. “His name just kept coming up, along with a couple of other names. Within five minutes of meeting him, we knew it would be him. Personality-

Party Eamon McGrath, Biblical, DJ Vania. ñ cadillac lounge Back PaTio Ancient Chinese Secret (instrumental) 7:30 pm.

Talwst 9 pm.

wise, we really clicked. He has this huge love of everything from old-time music to full-on metal.” Us Little Devils is the first Sunparlour Players album to feature only the three core members – Penner, Michael “Rosie” Rosenthal and Dennis Van Dine – though there are plenty of overdubs to keep it lush. That makes things tricky live, but Penner insists the chaos that comes with being a band of multi-instrumentalists keeps them on their toes and in the moment. “We all have drums in front of us onstage. Rosie is the drummer, but he often plays drums with his feet, glockenspiel with one hand and sometimes accordion or bass guitar. The same with Dennis. “[Multi-tasking] helps us recreate the album and allows for more textures, but with it comes a huge potential for failure and things breaking down. Over time we’ve become deliberate about it – it’s almost a version of self-sabotage. But that’s the fun part. You don’t want to make it too easy for yourself.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

graFFiTi’S Sixth Annual Blue Moon Series Ron

Hawkins & Steve Stanley. haBiTS gaSTroPuB Mark Martyre (covers/ originals) 8:30 pm. heMingwayS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 10 pm. horSeShoe The War on Drugs, Still Corners, Arc in Round doors 9 pm. See preview, page 55. hoT Box caFe The Known Unknown: The Stoner Show Jelly Too Fly, Moses, Parlay, Lola Bunz, Supreme Swiss, Church, DJ Smartiez and others 9 pm. laMBadina Friday Night Expo DJ Red Out (live hip-hop/R&B) 10 pm. Flee’S Palace EDGE Jingle Bell Rock benefit for the Daily Bread Food Bank The Sheepdogs, Monster Truck, the Coppertones doors 9 pm. See preview, page 56.

Fliving arTS cenTre haMMerSon hall

Our Kind Of Christmas Justus (metal/rock) 7:30 pm. The local Lucas Stagg (acoustic roots/rock). nocTurne Angerville, Snak the Ripper, Evil Ebenezer, So Sick Social Club (hip-hop) 9 pm. oPera houSe Clap Your Hands Say Yeah doors 8:30 pm. ParTS & laBour Double CD release party Mark Sultan, Strange Attractor, DJ Dan Arget (garage punk) 10 pm. FPhoenix concerT TheaTre Holiday Show Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians, Said the Whale doors 7 pm, all ages. PreSS cluB Chris Gostling (roots rock) 10 pm. rivoli Dean Project, Mildred Mpindu, This Is Me as a Woman, Afraid of Humans, the Damaged Good, the Real, Galaxies in the River 7 pm. rockPile Rehab for Quitters (punk).

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The SixTh CD release Great Aunt Ida, Selina Martin Triage 9 pm. FSony CenTre for The Performing arTS

Stuart McLean & The Vinyl Cafe Christmas Tour Hawksley Workman 7:30 pm. FSounD aCaDemy EDGE Jingle Bell Rock benefit for the Daily Bread Food Bank k-os, Bedouin Soundclash, the Dirty Mags doors 8 pm. SouThSiDe Johnny’S Busted Again (rock) 10 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

The CenTral EP release Bri-anne Swan (folk/ roots) 9 pm.

Dominion on Queen Paul James (blues) 9 pm. glaDSTone hoTel meloDy Bar Jolies Alien

Babes (folk/indie pop) 9 pm.

highway 61 SouThern BarBeQue Dylan

Wickens & the Little Naturals 8 pm. hugh’S room Strung-Out Troubadours Rik Emmett & Dave Dunlop 8:30 pm. FKingDom CovenanT CenTre The Christmas Offering Worship in Steel (steel pan orchestra) 6:30 pm. lula lounge Salsa Dance Party Conjunto Lacalu 10 pm. naCo gallery Cafe Lemon Bucket (Balkanklezmer-gypsy party-punk super band) 10 pm. rePoSaDo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). TranzaC main hall Sun Domingo (alt rock) 7 pm. TranzaC SouThern CroSS Woodshed Orchestra w/ Matthew DeZoete 10 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

Bar iTalia uPSTairS Fusion Events Orchestra. FBuDDieS in BaD TimeS TheaTre A Very

Chris-Terical Christmas Cabaret Sharron Matthews, Andrea O’Brien, Will Lamond, Stacey Maroske, Vaughn Harris and others 8 pm.5 Dominion on Queen Festival Medley Cabaret 8 pm.

eDwarD JohnSon BuilDing maCmillan TheaTre Wind Symphony (wind and brass) 7:30 pm. FfirST uniTeD ChurCh Christmas Voices Ispiravoce (female chorus) 7:30 pm.

gaTe 403 The Pearl Motel 9 pm, Margot Roi

Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm.

Fglenn goulD STuDio Holiday Charms Sinfonia Toronto, Robert Bokor, Sanghee Cheong 8 pm. FgraCe ChurCh on-The-hill Wintertide Upper Canada Choristers (medieval concert) 8 pm. harT houSe arBor room Jazz At Oscar’s Hart House Jazz Ensemble 9 pm. FhumBer valley uniTeD ChurCh A Christmas Canvas Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra. lola The Gypsy Rebels (jazz) 8 pm. muSiC gallery Back To Back Vinko Globokar, Wallace Halladay, David Pell, David Schotzko, T Nikki Cesare, Stephen Clarke, Ryan Scott, Thomas Kessler (chamber music) 8 pm. olD mill inn Fridays To Sing About Maureen Kennedy, Mark Kieswetter, Ross MacIntyre 7:30 pm. QuoTeS Fridays At Five Kevin Turcotte 5 to 8 pm. rex Chris Tarry Group 9:45 pm, Sara Dell 6:30 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm.

fly Grapefruit DJ Shane Percy, DJ Aural (pop/ retro/Euro classics) 10 pm.5 fooTworK Luv This City Nathan Barato vs Jamie Kidd, the Junkies, Rafwat & Chorniy, Ovi M. fox & fiDDle manSion Sexy Swagg Fridays Suppa Natty, Outcast, DJ Wise Guy. gooDhanDy’S Queer Idol DJ Todd Klinck doors 9 pm.5 The greaT hall Girlfight 2: Benefit for Nellie’s Women’s Shelter Steve Rock & Fawn B.C 6 pm. henhouSe That Time Of The Month (all-female R&B, soul/disco) 10 pm. inSomnia Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Matty Ryce (house/breaks). maiSon merCer Extravaganza Dimitri. la Perla HER: Inf-HER-no DJs Cozmic Cat, Das Hussy, Omgblog.com doors 10 pm. The PiSTon Soulskank (soul/funk/dancehall/ ska) 10 pm. revival Hip Hop Vs House DJs Jason Palma, FASE. rivoli Pool lounge DJ Stu (rock/old school/ Brit/electro/classics/retro). The Savoy DJ JRyDee (hip-hop/old school) 10 pm. SuPermarKeT Market Fresh DJ Classick (hiphop/classics/party jams). virgin moBile moD CluB Arcade Ajapai doors 10 pm. woo’S lounge Heart Of The City DJs J-Class, Kariz doors at 10:30 pm.

Saturday, December 10 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

alleyCaTz Lady Kane. aSPeTTa Caffe Jessica Chase, Clara Engel 4 to 11 pm.

Bar 460 Vesication, Avon Dealer, Cumsock, Decimate, Korrupt (grindcore/death metal) doors 8:30 pm. Bovine Sex CluB The Thinly Veiled Double Entendres, the True Romantics, Little Foot Long Foot, DJ Sir Ian Blurton. Dominion on Queen Ronnie Hayward Trio 4 to 7 pm. FDora Keogh Rockabilly Christmas Ronnie Hayward.

DraKe hoTel unDergrounD Tribes, We Barbarians doors 8 pm. ñ el moCamBo Paper Lions, the Elwins, the Love Machine 9 pm.

eTon houSe Binary Rock (rock & roll) 4 pm. graffiTi’S Sixth Annual Blue Moon Series Ron

Hawkins & Steve Stanley. graffiTi’S The John Borra Band 4 to 7 pm. The greaT hall Sunparlour Players doors 9 pm. See preview, page 60. hemingwayS Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 10 pm. The hiDeouT Julian Taylor Band (rock singer/ songwriter) 11 pm. FhorSeShoe Roger Edwards Annual Xmas Show Bunkhouse Romeos 10 pm. lamBaDina Ooh La La Fashion & Music Showcase 8 pm. Flee’S PalaCe EDGE Jingle Bell Rock benefit for the Daily Bread Food Bank The Sheepdogs, Monster Truck, Young Rival doors 9 pm. See preview, page 56. FmagiC oven Queen e Christmas Romp Benefit for Project Africa: Giving/Getting Back To Culture Most Loved Girl, Sweet Rhapsody 9 pm. oPera houSe The Bearded And The Bald Tour Devin Townsend Project doors 7 pm, all ages. FPhoenix ConCerT TheaTre Holiday Show Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians, Said the Whale doors 7 pm, all ages. PreSS CluB Mike MacDonald Band 10 pm. rex Brunch Matinee Danny Marks (pop) noon. rivoli The Noble Rogues, Half Hour City, Trevor Gordon & the Nighthounds, Kilometer, Nowhere Girl 8 pm. ryerSon TheaTre At The Movies Newchoir (rock/pop choir covers hit songs from movies ) 8 pm. FSilver Dollar Juke-Joint Dance Party & Food Drive Catl, the Speaking Tongues, Bradleyboy MacArthur. The SiSTer Sluts on 45, ZRays, Slander, Calrizians.

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Stuart McLean & The Vinyl Cafe Christmas Tour Hawksley Workman 7:30 pm. FSounD aCaDemy Q107 Jingle Ball Big Sugar, Wide Mouth Mason, Meredith Shaw, Q107 House Band doors 7 pm. SouThSiDe Johnny’S Angelfire (pop rock/top 40) 10 pm. continued on page 62 œ

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Froyal ConServaTory of muSiC Koerner hall Salsa Christmas Spanish Harlem Orchestra (world/jazz) 8 pm.

royal ConServaTory of muSiC mazzoleni hall The Glenn Gould School’s New Music Ensemble 2:30 pm.

Somewhere There STuDio Leftover Daylight

Series Ken Aldcroft, Anne-Marie Bastien, Rosano Coutinho, Tomasz Krakowiak and others 8 pm. Trane STuDio Waleed Kush & the African Jazz Ensemble 8 pm. FTriniTy ST. Paul’S ChurCh A Spanish Christmas Toronto Consort 8 pm.

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annex wreCKroom 90s Party 3-Year Anni-

versary Fawn BC, Caff (alt rock/pop/hip-hop) 10 pm.5 Beaver Cub Camp DJs Scooter & Girabird. BlaCK moon lounge Sound Directions (house/electronica/disco) 6:30 pm to midnight. CaSTro’S lounge DJ ‘I Hate You’ Rob (soul/ funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. ClinTon’S Fuck It Dance party Bangs & Blush. CzehoSKi From Leeds With Love Edwin Van Cleef, the Wheel Wells, Mirabel doors 11 pm. DraKe hoTel lounge Famou$ Players doors 10 pm. eTon houSe Singles Dance DJ Phil (top 40’s) 9 pm.

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SportSter’S Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 10 pm. thirSty Fox pub Loki 10 pm. Virgin Mobile Mod Club Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Champagne Champagne & Xperience doors 7 pm, all ages. Winter garden theatre Ryan Adams, Jessica Lea Mayfield doors 6:30 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

aquila upStairS Fraser Melvin Blues Band. axiS gallery & grill Poppa K’s Saturday

Night Richard Keelan, Bill Priddle. CadillaC lounge Mary & Micky (country) 3:30 pm. CaMeron houSe Big Tobacco & the Pickers (country) 6 to 8 pm. gate 403 Bill Heffernan (folk/country/blues) 5 to 8 pm. gladStone hotel Melody bar Swamperella (cajun/zydeco) 9 pm.

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Slow Food Toronto’s Terra Madre Day Zari 2:30 to 2:50 pm.

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Slow Food Toronto’s Terra Madre Day Sheesham & Lotus 3 & 4 pm. harbourFront Centre Slow Food Toronto’s Terra Madre Day Sadio Sissokho (Senegalese Kora & percussion) 3:30 pm (Brigantine rm) 5 pm (Lakeside Terrace). harbourFront Centre Slow Food Toronto’s Terra Madre Day: Adjuntaremos-We Will Get Together Aviva Chernick, Eric Stein, Joel Schwartz, Drew Jurecka (Balkan judeo-Spanish music) 4:30 pm. highWay 61 Southern barbeque The 24th Street Wailers 8 pm. hugh’S rooM CD release Johnny Sansone. the loCal The Pinecones 10 pm, Arthur Renwick 4 pm. lula lounge Salsa Saturday Cafe Cubano 10 pm. old niCk Elana Harte, Jennifer Brewer 8 pm, all ages.

rebaS CaFé Open Mic Saturdays David Crighton 1 to 4 pm. SouthSide Johnny’S Robin Banks Trio (blues/jazz/soul) 3:30 to 7:30 pm. tranzaC tiki rooM Fiddle Class Anne Lederman noon. tranzaC Southern CroSS The Black Tongue Emergency, Lazu Lie, Burning Gallery 9 pm, Scott B Sympathy (folk) 6:30 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

allianCe FrançaiSe doWntoWn Enchanted Fables Isabelle Aboulker (La Fontaine fables in music) 7:30 pm. artSCape WyChWood barnS Music In The Barns: Classical for Kids! Barry Shiffman, Royal Conservatory of Music Young Artist Performance Academy 3 pm. blue dot gallery Winter Jazz Luis Mario Ochoa & the Cuba Tradicional Quartet 8 pm. FbuddieS in bad tiMeS theatre A Very Chris-Terical Christmas Cabaret Sharron Matthews, Andrea O’Brien, Will Lamond, Stacey Maroske, Vaughn Harris and others 8 pm.5 ChalkerS pub Fern Lindzon Jazz Quartet 6 to 9 pm. doMinion on queen Beverly Taft, Tony Quarrington & San Murata 8:30 pm. edWard JohnSon building MaCMillan theatre Wind Ensemble (wind and brass) 7:30 pm. gate 403 Max Senitt Latin Jazz Band 9 pm, Andy Malette (piano) noon to 3 pm. FMaSSey hall Wonderful Peace: Christmas Music Around The World St Michael’s Choir School 7:30 pm. old Mill inn Jazz Masters Don Vickery, Mark Eisenman, Neil Swainson 7:30 pm. rex Elena Kapeleris (swing) 7 pm, Laura Hubert Band (jazzy pop) 3:30 pm. roy thoMSon hall Ehnes Plays Tchaikovsky Toronto Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes (violin) 7:30 pm.

royal ConSerVatory oF MuSiC Mazzoleni hall Academy Chamber Orchestra 7:30 pm. SoMeWhere there Studio Ken Aldcroft,

Karen Ng, Jonathan Adjemian, Josh Cole, Germaine Liu 8 pm. Ftrane Studio The Nutcracker Suite Scott Marshall Band (Christmas jazz) 8 pm. Ftrinity St. paul’S ChurCh A Spanish Christmas Toronto Consort 8 pm.

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Clinton’S Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blus

(sixties soul & rock & roll). Cobra lounge Crown Saturdays DJ Jed Harper. diSgraCeland Everyone’s A DJ DJ Goldilocks, Frisbee Pilot, Vijay, Dukes, Matt Blair and others (16 DJs playing 20-minute sets each) 9 pm. drake hotel underground Evening Standard Eric Duncan doors 11 pm. drake hotel lounge DJ Jr Flo (Keys N Krates) doors 10 pm. eton houSe Club Attitude X-mas party (top 40s) 8 pm. Fly DJ Tony Moran, DJ Jeremy Khamkeo, DJ Jeff Kirkwood.5 the Flying beaVer pubaret Confection: Low In Nutrients, High In Calories Linguist (pop/ dance/electro/hip-hop) 9 pm.5 FootWork Harry Choo Choo Romero, Addy, Jed Harper, Evan G. gladStone hotel Melody bar Beats N Brunch DJ GSpence (16 novice and veteran DJs playing 20 min sets) 11 am to 4 pm. goodhandy’S Rangeela DJ Sexy Pants doors 9 pm.5 harbourFront Centre iCe rink DJ Skate Night 8 to 11 pm. inSoMnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). kool hauS Amnesia Anniversary Ian Andre Espinet, DJ Starting from Scratch, Jason Chambers. lolabar DJ Mr Stylus (house/hip-hop/R&B/ reggae). Maro Red Carpet Saturdays DJ Undercover (house/hip-hop/club anthems) 10 pm. Mint night Club Marquee Saturdays Renegade Squad, DJ Spoonz. neu+ral Fixion Saturdays DJ Dwight (alt/ electronic/indie/retro/remix). noCturne EBM Night DJ Lazarus (industrial/ EBM). partS & labour Bitch Craft DJs Blonde & Redhead (hip-hop) 10 pm. the piSton Digital Needle (funk/soul/disco) 10 pm. poliSh CoMbatantS hall Breakandenter + Box Of Kittens = 2 x 4 Anniversary Party 10 pm. riVoli pool lounge DJ Osum (disco/electro/ funk). riVoli Bump’n Hustle DJs Paul E Lopes & Mike Tull (soul/funk/house/disco/Latin/hip-hop/ boogie) 10 pm. Sneaky dee’S Shake A Tail (60s pop & soul) 11 pm. SuperMarket Do Right Saturdays! DJ John Kong, MC Abs. Sutra The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hip-hop). Wrongbar Slowed w/ Tittsworth, Torro Torro.

Sunday, December 11 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

aSpetta CaFFe Ciaran O’Shea (pop/folk) 4 to 6 pm.

dora keogh The Swingin’ Blackjacks (blues). Fox & Fiddle WelleSley Kids Of King Krachan Fundraiser The Breakdown, FM Hi Low (rock/ jazz fusion). graFFiti’S Michael Brennan 4 to 7 pm. laMbadina Chuch, DJ Red Out 7 pm. the piSton Amanda Mabro, Colleen Hixenbaugh 8 pm. queen elizabeth theatre Javier Colon.

FSony Centre For the perForMing artS Stuart McLean & The Vinyl Cafe Christmas Tour Hawksley Workman 2:30 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

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Canadian garage rock fixture Mark Sultan wraps up a six-week North American tour with a gig at Parts & Labour Friday (December 9). His oneman-band routine blends doo-wop, rockabilly, punk and early R&B into a sound that’s both familiar and completely otherworldly. $5.

EvEryonE’S a DJ fourth annivErSary The monthly party celebrates four years of eclectic tunes at Disgraceland Saturday (December 10). Sixteen DJs, both experienced mixers and rookies, play short 20-minute sets, making it impossible to predict what you’ll hear. Free. aquila upStairS Sunday Junction Jam The New Mynah Birds & Michelle Rumball (mostly blues) 8 pm, Open Mic The McDales (country) 3:30 pm. CaStro’S lounge New Country Rehab (alt/ country) 4 pm. Cloak & dagger pub Fraser Melvin Blues Band 9 pm. Free tiMeS CaFe Chicka Boom Kimberley Persona, Lauren Toffan, Jennifer Walls 8 pm. gladStone hotel Melody bar Family Acoustic Brunch (bluegrass) 9 am to 2 pm. gladStone hotel ballrooM Old Time Jam 2 to 5:30 pm. groSSMan’S Blues Jam Brian Cober 9:30 pm. hugh’S rooM Dynamic Duos Shannon Butcher & Ross MacIntyre, Sophia Perlman & Adrean Farrugia, Barbra Lica & Colin Storey, Big Rude Jake & Alison Young, Julie Michels & Kevin Barrett. FkingdoM CoVenant Centre The Christmas Offering Ron Kenoly, Worship in Steel (steel pan orchestra) 5:30 pm. the loCal Gord Zubrecki Band 10 pm, Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm. lola Nick Picking 3 to 7 pm. lula lounge Highlife Help: Flood relief for the Bokoor African Popular Music Archives Foundation Afrafranto 8:30 pm. lula lounge Sunday Family Salsa Brunch 12:30 & 2:30 pm. preSS Club Staggy Townsend (country rock) 10 pm. rebaS CaFé Steve Raiken, Ruth Jenkins & Roger Zuraw 1 to 4 pm. SouthSide Johnny’S Jam Rebecca Matiesen

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Despite the fact that there were 513 submissions in 19 categories this year, the 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards gala (still only in its seventh year) seemed small. This was partly because of the intimacy of the venue (U of T’s Isabel Bader Theatre) and partly because everyone over a certain age in the Canadian folk scene seems to be on a first-name basis. Things would have gone a lot differently had Bruce Cockburn – who was out on the West Coast with a new baby – won all four of the awards he was nominated for. As it was, his manager, Bernie Finkelstein, collected two awards on his behalf, one near the beginning and the other at the end of the night, for solo artist of the year and contemporary album of the year. Incredibly, Small Source Of Comfort is Cockburn’s 31st album. Nova Scotian Dave Gunning, also nominated for four awards, won both traditional singer of the year and new/emerging artist of the year for A Tribute To John Allan Cameron.

Gunning, who’s been active since the late 90s, joked that he’s been emerging for a long time. Quebec’s Genticorum also picked up two awards, for ensemble of the year and traditional album of the year. Some emotional moments: local blues singer Suzie Vinnick collecting her contemporary singer of the year, and Sylvia Tyson delivering the English songwriter of the year award to Ottawa-based singer/songwriter Lynn Miles with a hug and a big cheer from the crowd. (Miles, ever the comedian, called Tyson her “hair hero.”) Indian-Canadian Kiran Ahluwalia picked up world solo artist of the year and gave credit to Canadian folk festivals for throwing her into collaborations with musicians from different cultural backgrounds. She later presented the world group of the year award to Toronto’s Minor Empire. Veteran publicist Jane Harbury was the recipient of the inaugural Unsung Hero Award, which celebrates people who work behind the scenes in Cana-

da’s folk music industry. She told the story of how she came to manage Yorkville’s legendary Riverboat Coffee House and thanked a long list of people. The musical performances – two songs each by West Coast blues collaborators Jim Byrnes and Steve Dawson, East Coaster Rose Cousins, with her sad songs and silly banter, African-Canadian a cappella group Soul Influence, Quebecois trio De Temps Antan and Celtic-folk-goth Loreena McKennitt – were consistently good. Though McKennitt’s headlining performance was powerful, Soul Influence and De Temps Antan stole the show, the former with their surprising, uplifting vocal arrangements and the later

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Air CAnAdA Centre 40 Bay. 416-815-5500. AliCe FAzooli’s squAre one 209 Rathburn W (Mississauga). 905-281-1721. AlleyCAtz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865. AlliAnCe FrAnçAise downtown 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014. Andy PoolhAll 489 College. 416-923-5300. Annex wreCkroom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346. AquilA 347 Keele. 416-761-7474. ArtsCAPe wyChwood BArns 601 Christie. 416-392-7834. AsPettA CAFFe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. Axis GAllery & Grill 3048 Dundas W. 416-604-3333. BAr 460 460 Spadina Ave. BAr itAliA 582 College. 416-535-3621. the BArn 418 Church. 416-593-9696. BeAver 1192 Queen W. 416-537-2768. Betty oliPhAnt theAtre 404 Jarvis. BlACk moon lounGe 67 Richmond W. 416-603-3100. Blue dot GAllery 55 Mill, bldg 47. 416-487-1500. Blue moon 725 Queen E. 416-463-8868. Bovine sex CluB 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. BrAssAii 461 King W. 416-598-4730. Buddies in BAd times theAtre 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. CAdillAC lounGe 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. CAmeron house 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. CAstro’s lounGe 2116 Queen E. 416-699-8272. the CentrAl 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. ChAlkers PuB 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. Cherry street restAurAnt 275 Cherry. ChurCh oF the holy trinity 10 Trinity Square. 416-598-4521. Clinton’s 693 Bloor W. 416-535-9541. CloAk & dAGGer PuB 394 College. 647-436-0228. CoBrA lounGe 510 King W. 416-361-9004. Cooksville united ChurCh 2500 Mimosa Row (Mississauga). 905-277-2338. CrAwFord 718 College. Czehoski 678 Queen W. 416-366-6787. the dAnny 2183 Danforth. 416-686-1705. dAve’s... on st ClAir 730 St Clair W. 416-657-3283. de sotos 1079 St Clair W. 416-651-2109. disGrACelAnd 965 Bloor W. 647-868-5263. distillery distriCt 55 Mill. dominion on queen 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893.

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Gwen Swick. lolA Open Stage Johnny Bootz 8 pm. Press CluB Mike T Butch (country rock) 10 pm. trAnzAC southern Cross Eden Culture (folk pop) 7:30 pm. trAnzAC tiki room Comhaltas Irish Slow Session 7:30 pm.

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Bovine sex CluB Tupper Ware Remix Party, M.T.L..

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Prize Salon #10: Hip-Hop Hooray doors 7 pm.

horseshoe The Reed Effect, Inlet Sound, the

Artful Vandelays, Missing in Venice 9:10 pm. the loCAl Dodge Fiasco (rock). FPhoenix ConCert theAtre Andy Kim Christmas Show Andy Kim, Sam Roberts, Lights, Ron Sexsmith, Alex Lifeson, Kevin Drew & Brendan Canning, Sarah Harmer, Finger Eleven, James Black & Rick Jackett, Emma-Lee, Honeymoon Suite, Dru doors 7 pm. the Piston Rohit Sardana 10 pm. the Port Oscar Tango (power pop/rock) 10 pm. rivoli Adrenaline City, Nubian Kings, Talk, Peter James Project, 10,000 Hours 8 pm.

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AquilA uPstAirs Nicole Coward (acoustic folk). CAstro’s lounGe Smokey Folk (bluegrass) 9 pm. emmet rAy BAr Peter Boyd (blues) 9 pm. GrAFFiti’s Kitgut Oldtime Stringband evening. GrossmAn’s Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee & Cotton Traffic 9 pm.

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Feden united ChurCh Community Christmas Sing Mississauga Pops Concert Band, Justus 7:30 pm. edwArd Johnson BuildinG wAlter hAll

PianoFest 7:30 pm. GAte 403 Patrick Hewan Jazz Trio 9 pm, Noah Sherman Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. mezzettA Maureen Kennedy, Reg Schwager (vocals/guitar) 9 & 10:15 pm. nAwlins JAzz BAr Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 7 to 11 pm. rex The Cookers (jazz) 9:30 pm, Griffith/ Hiltz Trio 6:30 pm. Froy thomson hAll Handel’s Messiah Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm.

FroyAl ConservAtory oF musiC koerner hAll Handel’s Messiah Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir 7:30 pm.

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trAne studio The Brazilian Project Part Two

Luanda Jones & Sinal Aberto (Brazilian fusion) 8 pm. trAnzAC southern Cross Stop Time (modern jazz) 10 pm.

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dorA keoGh 141 Danforth. 416-778-1804. drAke hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. duFFy’s tAvern 1238 Bloor W. 416-628-0330. eden united ChurCh 3051 Battleford (Mississauga). 905-824-5578. edwArd Johnson BuildinG 80 Queen’s Park. 416-978-3744. el moCAmBo 464 Spadina. 416-777-1777. emBAssy BAr 223 Augusta. 416-591-1132. emmet rAy BAr 924 College. 416-792-4497. eton house 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. First united ChurCh 151 Lakeshore W (Mississauga). 905-278-3714. Fly 8 Gloucester. 416-410-5426. the FlyinG BeAver PuBAret 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567. Footwork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. Four seAsons Centre For the PerForminG Arts 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231. Fox & Fiddle mAnsion 1294 Liverpool. Fox & Fiddle wellesley 27 Wellesley E. 416-944-9369. Free times CAFe 320 College. 416-967-1078. GAllery 345 345 Sorauren. 416-822-9781. GAte 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. GlAdstone hotel 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. Glenn Gould studio 250 Front W. 416-205-5555. GoodhAndy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514. GrACe ChurCh on-the-hill 300 Lonsdale. 416488-7884. GrAFFiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. the GreAt hAll 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330. GrossmAn’s 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. Grotto lounGe 647 College. hABits GAstroPuB 928 College. 416-533-7272. hArBourFront Centre 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. hArd luCk BAr 772a Dundas W. hArt house 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849. heliConiAn hAll 35 Hazelton. 416-922-3618. heminGwAys 142 Cumberland. 416-968-2828. henhouse 1532 Dundas W. 416-534-5939. the hideout 484 Queen W. 647-438-7664. hiGhwAy 61 southern BArBeque 1620 Bayview. 416-489-7427. hirut Fine ethioPiAn Cuisine 2050 Danforth.

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horseshoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. hot Box CAFe 191A Baldwin. 416-203-6990. huGh’s room 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. humBer vAlley united ChurCh 76 Anglesey. insomniA 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. kinGdom CovenAnt Centre #20, 1224 Dundas E. kool hAus 132 Queens Quay E. 416-869-0045. lAmBAdinA 875 Bloor W. 416-888-4607. lee’s PAlACe 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. livinG Arts Centre 4141 Living Arts (Mississauga). 905-306-6000. the loCAl 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. lolA 40 Kensington. 416-348-8645. lolABAr 1173 Dundas E. lulA lounGe 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. mAGiC oven queen e 360 Queen E. 416-703-3555. mAGPie CAFe 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499. mAison merCer 15 Mercer. 416-341-8777. mAro 135 Liberty. 416-588-2888. mAssey hAll 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255. mezzettA 681 St Clair W. 416-658-5687. mint niGht CluB 173 Eglinton E. musiC GAllery 197 John. 416-204-1080. nACo GAllery CAFe 1665 Dundas W. 647-347-6499. nAwlins JAzz BAr 299 King W. 416-595-1958. neu+rAl 349a College. 416-926-2112. noCturne 550 Queen W. 416-504-2178. old mill inn 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. old niCk 123 Danforth. 416-461-5546. oPerA house 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. orBit room 580A College. 416-535-0613. the ossinGton 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. the PAinted lAdy 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239. PArts & lABour 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. lA PerlA 783 Queen W. 416-366-2855. Phoenix ConCert theAtre 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. the Piston 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. Polish ComBAtAnts hAll 206 Beverley. Port Credit memoriAl PArk 20 Lakeshore E (Mississauga). the Port 1179 Dundas W. 416-516-1270. Press CluB 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. qssis BAnquet hAll 3474 Kingston. queen elizABeth theAtre 190 Princes’ Blvd. 416-263-3293.

quotes 220 King W. 416-979-7717. rAinBow CinemAs 80 Front E. 416-494-9371. reBAs CAFé 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. rePosAdo 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. revivAl 783 College. 416-535-7888. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. riChmond hill Centre For the PerForminG Arts 10268 Yonge (Richmond Hill). 905-787-8811. rivoli 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. roCkPile 5555 Dundas W. 416-504-6699. rosedAle heiGhts sChool oF the Arts 711 Bloor E. 416-393-1580. roy thomson hAll 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. royAl ConservAtory oF musiC 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208. ryerson theAtre 43 Gerrard E. 416-979-5118. the sAvoy 1166 Queen W. shAllow Groove 559 College. 416-944-8998. silver dollAr 486 Spadina. 416-763-9139. the sister 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. the sixth 1642 Queen W. sneAky dee’s 431 College. 416-603-3090. somewhere there studio 227 Sterling, unit #112. sony Centre For the PerForminG Arts 1 Front E. 416-872-2262. sound ACAdemy 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. southside Johnny’s 3653 Lake Shore W. 416521-6302. sPortster’s 1430 Danforth. 416-778-0258. st miChAel And All AnGels ChurCh 611 St Clair W. 416-653-1424. suPermArket 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. sutrA 612 College. 416-537-8755. thirsty Fox PuB 1028 Eglinton W. tiFF Bell liGhtBox 350 King W. 416-599-8433. toronto Centre For the Arts 5040 Yonge. 416-733-9388. trAne studio 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. trAnzAC 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. trinity st. PAul’s ChurCh 427 Bloor W. 416-922-8435. virGin moBile mod CluB 722 College. 416-588-4663. white swAn 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. winter GArden theAtre 189 Yonge. woo’s lounGe 10 Dundas E, 4th floor. 416-977-9966. wronGBAr 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677.

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Pop/Rock

ñFOXFIRE

Too Late For Love (independent) Rating: NNNN Since 2007, local disco-rock party-starters Foxfire toured the country, played prime festival showcases and were even in a movie. But until now they’ve been missing a key career component: a solid release to get behind. Produced by Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt and Graham Walsh, their impressive debut EP captures the emotion, range and dynamism the band’s known for onstage. With strong nods to 70s pop and funky art-rock (think Fleetwood Mac and Talking Heads), it showcases the band’s catchy melodies, quirky lyrics and thumping rhythms. Change The Future builds to a standout chorus, while the title track, a sugar-sweet duet, anchors the blissed-out post-punk balladry. On Lay It On, singer/bassist Neil Rankin sounds uncannily like David Byrne, while the cool flow of Love Is Not Enough channels the best INXS. Foxfire get heaps of credit for making this retro mélange sound new, exciting and heartfelt. Top track: Change The Future Foxfire release Too Late For Love tonight (Thursday, December 8) at the Beaver. JORDAN BIMM

ATLAS SOUND Parallax (4AD)

Rating: NNNN On his third solo album as Atlas Sound, Deerhunter main man Bradford Cox hones the tortured troubadour persona he embodies in the cover sleeve’s vintage crooner portrait, shot by Mick Rock. However, Parallax’s personality is as much about moody, impressionistic aesthetics as it is pop-idol earnestness. Cox gently combines guttural vocals, impassioned wailing, dirge-y folk riffs, 70s rock swagger and sunny melodies. In doing so, he takes us on the kind of tumultuous journey you might expect from a lonely soul locked in his room with a lot of time to think, vacillating between the ambling and sullen Doldrums and Modern Aquatic Nightsongs and the pleasant pop strumming of Mona Lisa and Terra Incognita. There are shades of classic 50s-style crooning in Cox’s vocals, but his voice has a sublime spectral quality that adds a lingering disquiet. track: Mona Lisa Top track KEVIN RITCHIE – biting, even, though not mean – and includes a great glam-rocky guitar solo that lasts for just a few brief bars. Restraint is Nilsen’s specialty. At least a dozen musicians contribute, with bits of French horn, slide guitar, saxophone and tom-heavy drumming filling up the spaces between her piano lines and delicate, close-miked vocals but never, ever distracting from what’s at the heart of the songs. Top track: Lonely Great Aunt Ida play the Sixth on Friday (December 9) and the Horseshoe on Tuesday (December 13). CARLA GILLIS

dull. Kookier IRM cuts Heaven Can Wait and IRM have the unambitious, plodding feel of karaoke backing tracks, while the stripped-down tunes benefit from the simplicity but are vocally tepid. Top track: Paradisco KR

PTERODACTYL Spills Out (Brah)

Rating: NNN Noise-rock bands usually wait until their third album to make their “pop” record, so Brooklyn’s Pterodactyl are right on schedule, releasing their most immediately accessible album yet. They haven’t forgotten their experimental roots – the songs still teem with overactive drums and mathy guitar lines – but they’ve also strengthened their hooks. Drummer/singer Joe Kremer adopts his best Brian Wilson falsetto, while the other members supply sticky vocal harmonies to make bright Zombiesstyle pop with a wistful core. Musicians have been using sunny melodies to disguise dark subject matter for as long as pop music has existed, but Pterodactyl’s skewed sensibility suggests a sourness underneath. It’s less effective when they leave that subtlety behind, as on the droney Thorn and Allergy Shots. Otherwise, they’ve made a sophisticated thinking listener’s indie-pop record. Top track: The Break RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

AMY WINEHOUSE Lioness: Hidden Treasures (Universal). Rating: NNN Not so much a posthumous hack job as the kind of rarities comp of demos, covers and alternate takes an artist might release late in their career, Lioness stresses the late soul singer’s talent for writing songs as timeless as many of the classics she reinterpreted. With an emphasis on covers, the overall

mood is frustratingly lighter than Winehouse’s two studio LPs. It’s missing the pointed wit, energy and hard-fought candour that marked her best material, but her considerable vocal swagger is unmistakable. Producer Salaam Remi helmed eight of Lioness’s 12 tracks and gives it a live-andraw sonic consistency. Of the covers, the most stirring is a dusky, fatalistic singletake on Leon Russell/Donny Hathaway’s A Song For You. Previously unreleased song Halftime uses a musical allegory for love and has a pleasant, late-90s neo-soul kick to it, while the near-acoustic demo of choice Back To Black cut Wake Up Alone showcases Winehouse at her lyrical best. Top track: Wake Up Alone KR

ñOX

tUCo (independent) Rating: NNNN Northern Ontario indie alt-country rockers Ox invoke the slacker spirit of Neil Young on tUCo, a soundtrack to a film (by Sudbury-based filmmaker John Milne) that has yet to be made. It’s about a band called tUCo, who are slowly making their way west on the Trans Canada highway. Though the riffs are 70sinspired, singer/songwriter Mark Browning’s lyrics are more contemporary than that, referencing indie-rock radio and getting stoned in cars. The vehicle is in no hurry – in fact, some songs sound deliberately slowed down. But it’s a fun and fuzzy ride, and Fred Squire, Nathan Lawr and Kate Maki tag along. Browning’s Korg sounds great in this context, and Max Myth’s melodica solo on Young cover Out On The Weekend seems like it’s always been there. Start there, or with swaying story song Nico. Top track: Out On The Weekend Ox play the Cameron House Tuesday (December 13). SARAH GREENE

MARK SULTAN Whatever/Whenever (In the Red) Rating: NNN Mark Sultan (sometimes known as BBQ) has played in a billion Canadian garage punk bands, but he’s better known these days for his lo-fi one-man-band routine. This abridged CD version of two new vinyl LPs doesn’t try to capture that aspect, though, and instead features an array of guest musicians (including members of the Black Lips, the Gories and others) to approximate something closer to a full band sound. This gives the album the feel of a compilation, but does give Sultan the opportunity to show off a wider range of influences. He even drops some gurgling synths and free jazz sax into his raw and primitive rock ’n’ roll vibe. While the range of ideas on display is clearly the point of the release, it’s also its biggest shortcoming. What he’s able to accomplish as a live solo musician is more intriguing than anything the guest musicians and overdubs bring to the table, and the lack of sonic consistency is distracting. However, when the punk, doo-wop, early R&B and psych influences come together, the high points are strong enough that you can easily forgive the lack of focus. Top track: If I Had A Polaroid Mark Sultan plays Parts & Labour Friday (December 9). BENJAMIN BOLES KORN The Path Of Totality (Roadrunner) Rating: NNN The news that nu-metal veterans Korn were teaming up with young dubstep and electro producers like Skrillex and Noisia provoked speculation that this could take the “worst album of the year” crown from the loathed Loutallica collaboration. Writers have been sharpening their knives: Korn are generally reviled by critics, and Skrillex has been widely blamed for the fratboy-friendly rise of “brostep.” So it’s with much music-nerd shame that I admit this isn’t actually that bad. It’s actually the best thing Korn have ever done. Okay, faint praise, for sure. If populist contemporary dance music is maligned as overly aggressive and testosterone-fuelled, it makes sense that it would blend reasonably well with the hard rock equivalent. The combination of chugging half-time beats, machine gun riffing and techno’s sonic extremism is way more pleasing than it should be, the weakest point being Jonathan Davis’s earnest adolescent vocals, which we assume actual Korn fans will enjoy. Top track: Get Up! (Featuring Skrillex) BB

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Nuclearize Me (Zunior) Rating: Great Aunt Ida’s third album suggests that pianist/singer Ida Nilsen spent the five years since her last album coming into her own as a musician. Reminiscent of Belle & Sebastian’s fuller late-period material, it’s steady and sure, intimate and honest, with songs that are so damn smartly crafted. During those five years, Nilsen also got married, relocated from Vancouver to Toronto and found her footing through the Tranzac music community. Her lyrics focus largely on love and relationships, though often not their cheeriest aspects. Second song Lonely is especially keenly observed

(Because/Warner) Rating: NN Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Beck-produced IRM was a stellar sleeper gem of an album, but this follow-up sounds tossed together. As a singer, the French star is graceful and airy but limited. IRM worked because its zany arrangements, samples and psyched-out effects perfectly accentuated her detached style. This collection, cobbled together from the IRM studio sessions and live recordings from Gainsbourg’s first-ever North American tour, highlights her weaknesses as a performer. The first half is structured like a standard-order pop record, front-loaded with uptempo numbers like Terrible Angels and Paradisco (both produced by Beck), followed by increasingly plaintive tunes that never muster enough emotion or energy to come fully alive. The album’s live half, meanwhile, is

= Critics’ Pick NNNNN = Stratospheric NNNN = Sizzling NNN = Swell NN = Slack N = Sucks

NOW DECEMBER 8-14 2011

caps a year of dramatic coups with her comic turn in Soulpepper’s new holiday classic, Parfumerie, a Love Actually for the stage By GLENN SUMI

A ccording to maev beaty, this is her “P” season. “I’m only doing shows that begin with the letter P.” A slight smile forms as she rolls out the titles. She lists Peggy Pickit, referring to her white-knuckle turn in one-half of Canadian Stage’s recent Another Africa; The Penelopiad, Nightwood’s all-female staging of Margaret Atwood’s feminist reworking of the Odyssey, which opens next January; and Parfumerie, the remount of Soulpepper’s Dora Award-winning charmer that opens tonight at the Young Centre. “So,” she adds, with perfect timing, “if you hear of a production of Pygmalion or Peter Pan or Pericles, please let me know.” Beaty’s joking, of course, but for those of us who’ve witnessed her theatrical range over the past few seasons, the possibility of seeing her take on a cockney accent, step into a

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pair of green tights or even into Shakespearean princely garb is pretty thrilling. The woman can do practically anything. One season she’s the Bard’s Helena, frolicking around the outdoor setting for Canadian Stage’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; the next she’s brandishing a rifle as the bigoted soldier based on Guantánamo Bay officer Lynndie England in Judith Thompson’s Palace Of The End. One month she’s playing the pinched, repressed spinster in The Mill; the next she’s shedding all her clothes as an artist-turned-liberatedartists’-model in Montparnasse. “At one point I imagined that my career would lead me to Shakespeare and the classics,” she says, “I never thought I’d be doing new Canadian plays, but after Palace Of The End I became a little obsessed with the idea. And I also realized that creating

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PARFUMERIE by Miklós Laszló, adapted by Adam Pettle and Brenda Robins, directed by Morris Panych, with Oliver Dennis, Patricia Fagan, Joseph Ziegler, Kevin Bundy and Maev Beaty. Presented by Soulpepper at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts (55 Mill). Opens tonight (Thursday, December 8) and runs to December 31, Tuesday-Friday (some exceptions) and December 10 at 7:30 pm, matinees Wednesday (and some other days) 1:30 pm. $22-$65. 416-866-8666.

new work was both a desire and a necessity.” I’ve asked to meet at a place that means something special to her, so we’re sitting in the chapel of the Church of St. George the Martyr, where just over a decade ago Beaty used to study scenes with Alan Dilworth (who would later become her husband) and Patrick Robinson. “We’d meet in the beautiful garden in the courtyard,” she says. When it got colder, a priest named Max invited them into the church to rehearse. “It was all very boho romantic,” smiles Beaty. The three put on a show in the church and eventually created Belltower Theatre, named for the bell in the courtyard. When Dilworth and Beaty got married seven years ago, they convinced Max (who presided over the ceremony) to have the bell rung. Theatrical touch, ya know? It was early Belltower productions like Ma Jolie and The Unforgetting, written and directed by Dilworth and starring Beaty and Robinson, that first launched their careers. Dilworth has since proved a fine director, helming Erin Shields’s Governor General’s Award-winning If We Were Birds. And Beaty has put her stamp on a dozen memorable roles, especially hard-hitting dramatic ones. Her layered character in Another Africa was coping with culture shock as well as the loss of a child and her husband’s infidelity; her unnamed

character in Brendan Gall’s Wide Awake Hearts was a tough-as-nails film editor who’d been around the block. So she’s happy to get back to the relatively gentle world of 1930s Hungary in Soulpepper’s new seasonal classic, Parfumerie, a retelling of the famous tale made into the movies You’ve Got Mail and The Shop Around The Corner. “For a feel-good story, it’s very human and goes to some very sad and poignant places,” says Beaty with the same emotional clarity she brings to her stage work. “My character’s on the hunt, and of course she’s smitten with the office cad. It’s almost like that movie Love Actually. You’ve got unrequited love, love between an employer and worker, sex versus love, opportunistic love.” Beaty mentions how much comfort and optimism the play has, things she’s seeking in her life right now. It’s been a time of loss and reflection. Less than a year ago, she lost her paternal grandfather. Then came the loss of Gina Wilkinson, who directed her in Wide Awake Hearts. Just over a week ago, Beaty buried her 93-yearold grandmother. “If I tear up, that’s why,” she says. “I believe these losses open up space for opportunity, hope, change. And it’s in those periods when you have to be the most courageous. You can’t let fear drive your choices.” Beaty’s been thinking a lot about what shaped her life and her interest in performing, and believes it goes back to the love of storytelling. “When my grandmother passed, she had three different books on tape going,” she says. “She’d lost her sight, but had these machines set up all over the house. She’d follow one narrative up in the bedroom, another in the kitchen and another on the front porch.” Beaty’s middle name is Alice, for Alice Kane, the renowned Canadian storyteller, and her mother was a

children’s librarian. Before high school in Kingston, she grew up on farms in the Thousand Islands region, where “chickens were so freerange they’d be in the house.” Every Christmas Eve, the family read to each other. “We chose an article or short story or poem and took turns reading,” she says. “A human being telling a story to another human being or groups of human beings was just normal. So theatre was the natural evolution from that.” Upcoming projects include the star-studded Penelopiad and a spring festival devoted to the works of Edward Bond, whom Beaty and Dilworth are bringing over from England for a series of productions, workshops and lectures involving several theatres, including Stratford. But there doesn’t seem to be any film or TV in the works. “It’d be ridiculous to say the reason I haven’t done film and TV is because I’m busy doing theatre, because there’s nothing to say that if I weren’t busy doing theatre I’d be booking any of those gigs,” she says. “But it’s definitely something that interests me – and intimidates me. TV and film are like that really glamorous, cute boy standing in the corner of the party in high school. I’m intrigued by him and I wish he would notice me, and maybe I’ll play with my hair a little bit and hope that he will.” I decide to run with the metaphor. “And have you made it clear you want him to notice you?” “No, I haven’t gone up and asked him to dance. Not yet.” “Well, you’ve been dancing with some other partners.” “I have,” she says, laughing. “Partners that are truly dreamboats. Great partners.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

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Hair and makeup by Michelle Rosen/ TRESemmĂŠ Hair Care/Judy Inc. Fashion styling by Kirsten Reader/Judy Inc. Beaty is wearing: tank, Helmut Lang @ TNT; silk pants, Elizabeth & James @ TNT; necklace, Jenny Bird, Jenny-bird.com.

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Bed & Breakfast The Puppetmongers (siblings Ann and David Powell) are a theatrical institution, and you owe it to yourself to see at least one of their all-ages seasonal shows. This one, a reworking of the Princess And The Pea tale, is performed in a beautifully detailed miniature mansion where the Powells’ expressive puppets play out an upstairs-downstairs story about love. December 17 to January 1 at Tarragon Extra Space. 416-531-1827, puppetmongers.com

The Nutcracker What would the holidays be without multiple stagings of the Tchaikovsky ballet? You can decide between two traditional productions by local companies, Ballet Jörgen’s, choreographed by Bengt Jörgen (December 14 at the Betty Oliphant; December 30 at Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, balletjorgen.ca), and the National Ballet of Canada’s, by James Kudelka (December 10 to January 3 at the Four Seasons Centre, thenutcracker.ca). The Pia Bouman School presents an interactive version (December 15 to 18 at Humberside Collegiate, piaboumanschool.org). And if you want a production that hails from the country that first performed it, check out the State Ballet Theatre of Russia in their December 8 performance at Brampton’s Rose Theatre (rosetheatre.ca).

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Hallelujah! It’s time for George Frideric Handel’s Messiah to light up Toronto stages, and there are several ways to get your fix of the popular seasonal oratorio. The most glittery version is offered by the Toronto Symphony and the Mendelssohn Choir, December 16 to 19 at Roy Thomson Hall. 416-8724255. Or you can hear accomplished musical theatre star Michael Burgess when he appears with the Toronto Chamber Choir and the Ontario Philharmonic at Christ Church Deer Park on December 17 (416-443-9737, ontariophil.ca). Experiencing the awesome acoustics of the Royal Conservatory’s Koerner Hall is reason enough to check out the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir’s performance (December 14 to 17). tafelmusik.org. But if you want to let ’er rip and belt out that famous chorus along with the performers onstage, Tafelmusik offers a singalong Messiah on December 18 at Massey Hall. 416-872-4255. masseyhall.com.

You’ve seen the movie musical a dozen times and know all the words to My Favorite Things. So why not show off that knowledge among other fans at one of three singalong screenings hosted by none other than cabaret performer extraordinaire Shawn Hitchens, who’s helmed similar events during Nuit Blanche. Nun and dirndl costumes optional. December 16 and 30 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. tiff.net

If spending time with family or waiting in line at stores starts to grate, head over to the Second City for their compilation of scenes and songs sending up the season. Ending the year with a laugh sounds like a good plan. To December 30, secondcity.com

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Want a break from office parties, long lineups and Christmas cookie overload? Then take in a show. From traditional to amusing alternatives, there’s something for everyone. Andy Kim Christmas Show

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Local punk superstars Fucked Up seem hell-bent on showcasing how noble hardcore can be. We long ago lost count of how much money they’ve channelled to worthwhile charities, but their two upcoming Christmas shows are their most impressive yet. The first night features Fucked Up performing their entire rock opera, David Comes To Life (which recently received rave concert reviews in NYC and Brooklyn), alongside the psychedelic garage country of the Sadies, the pummellingly loud guitar pop of PS I Love You and the sludgy stoner rock of Quest for Fire. There’s no punk rock the second night, but you can catch Canadian power pop heroes Sloan, the soaring indie rock of the Rural Alberta Advantage, the glistening future folk of Oh-

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Now in its seventh year, Andy Kim’s Christmas Show is always one of the biggest holiday charity rock concerts. As usual, it features some pretty huge names. On the bill this year are Sam Roberts, Ron Sexsmith, Lights, Rush’s Alex Lifeson, Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, Buck 65, Sarah Harmer, Honeymoon Suite and many more. All proceeds go to Julliette’s Place, a refuge for abused women and their children. Wednesday (December 14), at the Phoenix. Rotate This, B:5.833” Soundscapes, Ticketweb. 416T:5.833” 323-1251.

Now in its sixth year, the annual What’s In The Box Festival (December 26 to 30) helps fill up that boring post-Christmas holiday stretch with five eclectic evenings of music for $5 a night. Highlights include the eclectic hip-hop of Buck 65 (December 26), local indie heroes Hooded Fang (December 28), noisy garage rockers Odonis Odonis (December 29), live remix band Keys n Krates (December 30) and the forwardthinking dance music of Nautiluss (December 27). December 26 to 30 at the Drake Hotel. 416-531-5042.

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Nativity scenesters Actors clown around in Nativity story retelling at the Brick Works By JON KAPLAN THE STORY by Martha Ross, directed by Jennifer Brewin, with Haley McGee, Richard Lee, Rylan Wilkie, Lisa Karen Cox and Sanjay Talwar. Presented by Theatre Columbus at the Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview; shuttle bus from Broadview subway or paid parking onsite). Previews begin Tuesday (December 13), opens December 16 and runs to December 30, Tuesday-Sunday 7:30 pm, matinees December 21, 23 and 28 at 4:30 pm, no show December 24 to 26. $25, stu/srs $20, child/previews $10. 416-504-7529.

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Wizard wins THE WIZARD OF OZ: THE WICKEDLY WACKY FAMILY MUSICAL by Nicolas Hune-Brown and Lorna Wright (Ross Petty Productions). At the Elgin (189 Yonge). To January 6. $27$85. 416-872-5555, rosspetty.com. See Continuing, page 76. Rating: NNN

Ross Petty is a riddle wrapped in an enigma stuffed into a sequined frock. Every year, his holiday pantomimes arrive at the Elgin Theatre, loaded with pop culture jokes (Demi Potahto!) and non sequitur song-and-dance numbers. And somehow, as usual, I end up grinning through the whole damn thing.

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atre Columbus, returns to the company with The Story, a site-specific version of the travails of Mary and Joseph and the birth of their child in a manger. It takes place in and around the atmospheric Evergreen Brick Works, where the audience follows the action in various outdoor and indoor locations before witnessing a birth that changes the world. A series of rotating choirs helps move the narrative along. “It’s a magical place to do a show,” says Haley McGee, who plays Mary to Richard Lee’s Joseph. “The audience first meets Mary in the huge kiln room, when she’s being evicted from her apartment. Viewers get it right away: this is a world where houses are falling apart, people are being thrown out of their homes, the social order is in disrepair.

“The space does so much work for us; it’s like another character.” Joseph and Mary have the feel of a contemporary couple. He’s a middleclass guy who’s not sure about commitment; she’s the one who makes the relationship decisions. “Mary’s an everyday working-class person,” continues McGee, who garnered lots of buzz last year with her one-woman show Oh My Irma. “She’s living under a repressive regime, frustrated with Joseph and her situation. Annoyed and exhausted when we meet her, she goes on a journey to learn about love and responsibility. “What she discovers along with the audience is that divinity can emerge from humble beginnings, that someone who becomes divine can be of the people.” The lesson isn’t immediately ap-

When a snowstorm carries the Toronto-dwelling Dorothy (the adorable Elicia Mackenzie) away in a blue bin, her destination isn’t so much over the rainbow as it is overseas. Oz = Australia, the Emerald City a verdant Sydney Opera House. On her way to find the Wizard, Dorothy picks up a raw vegan Lion (Steve Ross), an insecure Scarecrow (Kyle Blair) and a sensitive miner-turned-Tin Man (a winsome Yvan Pedneault, Mackenzie’s co-star from Rock Of Ages). They’re helped and occasionally hindered by Splenda the Good, a mildly incompetent and lispy witch (Jessica Holmes). Best of all is scenestealer Dan Chameroy as Aunt Plumbum, a wonderful foil for Ross Petty’s gravel-voiced Wicked Witch.

The wobbly set looks like it was hauled out of a church basement, but Ben Chaisson and Beth Kates take the creaky production values in hand, using some witty projections to evoke a Toronto intersection in forced perspective. I particularly loved the streetcar repeatedly gliding past in the background. The set list, while light on original music, smartly mixes newish songs (Lady Gaga, Shawn Desman) and retro, Glee-type tunes (Safety Dance, Macho Man). No number is a real standout; it’s the wild assortment that makes it fun, the jokes that work colliding joyfully with the ones that don’t. And if most of the choreography is in the style of a flash mob, you’ll be

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parent to Joseph, who, jokes Lee, probably comes from Don Mills. “He’s always believed in the status quo,” adds the actor/sound designer. “A dream convinces him that Mary’s really for him, but unless he decides to risk something, to go beyond his comfort level, he’ll never find happiness. “I see him as a character from a George Walker play, willing to do anything for the woman he loves but not knowing how to do it right. Joseph’s not blind to the mire of the world, but he feels if he could just marry Mary, all would be absolutely fine, at least for a moment.” Ross’s clown background informs much of the play, but you’ll also recognize echoes of Beckett, Brecht, medieval miracle plays and Monty Python. King Herod may be dangerous here, but he’s also a buffoon. “The rhythms and language are inherent to the comedy,” explains Lee. “The logic-defying nature of the dialogue lends itself to a great sense of play and joyous fun bordering on frivolity.” “It moves right into the absurd,” continues McGee as if on cue. “When Mary’s confronted with a flustered Gabriel speaking old-fashioned language, no matter that she’s carrying the son of God, she wonders why he said ‘shew glad tidings’ instead of ‘show glad tidings.’ “That’s fixating, in a clown way, on a tiny detail as a tripping point; here the tripping is sometimes verbal, sometimes physical.” Given the site, viewers should dress warmly for the hour-long production. “It’s insane to do a show outside in winter,” admits McGee, “but the audience joins in this absurdity. There’s hot chocolate, too, to help facilitate the camaraderie shared by performers and viewers.” 3

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Theatre listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by title. Opening plays begin this week, Previewing shows preview this week, One-Nighters are one-offs, and Continuing shows have already opened. Reviews are by Glenn Sumi (GS) and Jon Kaplan (JK). The rating system is as follows: NNNNN Standing ovation NNNN Sustained applause NNN Recommended, memorable scenes NN Seriously flawed N Get out the hook F = festive/seasonal event

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All listings are free. Send to: stage@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Theatre, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include title, author, producer, brief synopsis, times, range of ticket prices (include stu/srs discounts and PWYC days), venue name and address and box office/info phone number. Listings may be edited for space. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Opening BECK FESTIVAL (Theatre Erindale). This festival of one-act plays features works by David Ives, David Gow, Emily Johnston and Harold Pinter. Dec 8-10, Thu-Sat 7 pm. Pwyc. U of T Mississauga Campus, 3359 Mississauga Rd N, MiST Theatre. 905-569-4369, theatreerindale.com. FA CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens (Humber River Shakespeare Co). Five actors perform the timeless tale of greed, ghosts, salvation and hope. $15, child $10. Dec 8-10, Thu-Sat 7 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, at Montgomery’s Inn (4709 Dundas W); and Dec 14, 7:30 pm, at St Paul’s Runnymede Anglican Church (404 Willard). See website for dates at venues outside GTA. 416-209-2026, humberrivershakespeare.ca. FTHE CHRISTMAS STORY (Church of the Holy Trinity). Professional musicians and a volunteer cast present a nativity pageant. Opens Dec 9 and runs to Dec 24, Fri-Sat (and Dec 22) 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun 4:30 pm. $20, child $5

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cheerfully following along by the time the crew hits the Yellow Brick Road to the clever mashup of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ Home and Funkytown. Like the Tin Man, this Wizard might move haltingly at times, but by curtain all you’ll see is its big ol’ heart of gold.

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You get Timbits at my show. I’m not joking. Free Timbits! What’s your favourite Xmas tradition? Watching The Christmas Tiger at Bloor and Christie for hours on end. It never moves. But it looks like it should. Will those who don’t celebrate Xmas be bored? Not a chance! My wise men don’t even celebrate Christmas – one’s Jewish, one’s a Palestinian and the other is… well, you’ll have to come to the show to find out! What movie are you most looking for ward to: War Horse, The Adventures Of Tintin or the Sherlock Holmes sequel? Is Jennifer Lopez in any of them?

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Lupe (aka MeLissa D’agostino) Character, A Very Lupe Xmas If the weather outside gets frightful, count on Lupe to make it all delightful. Melissa D’Agostino’s resourceful alter ego, a South American immigrant, mounts a holiday show that includes a unique take on the Nativity story, free Timbits and surprise guests. Opens tonight (Thursday, December 8) at Gallery 918. See Openings, page 74.

You’ve videotaped an invitation to Mayor Rob Ford. Any response yet? Sadly, not a peep. I think he found out I’m a Toronto Star subscriber. But I’m still hopeful.

Ford’s going to be in costume for The Nutcracker. If you could dress him up for A Very Lupe Xmas, what would he wear? That same sexy outfit he wore on the cover of NOW Magazine in April – plus a pair of flannel boxers. He’d be playing Jesus. If audiences are thinking about seeing the Ross Petty Wizard Of Oz or Mary Poppins, how would you woo them to your show?

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ñ= Critics’ pick (highly recommended) How to place a listing

All listings are free. Send to: stage@nowtoronto.com, fax 416-364-1166 or mail to Comedy,NOWMagazine,189Church, TorontoM5B1Y7. Include title, producer, comics, brief synopsis, days and times, range of ticket prices, venue name and address and box office/ info phone number/website. Listings may be edited for space. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Thursday, December 8 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Nile Séguin, Marc Sinodinos and host David Pryde. To Dec 11, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $tba. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) Second City presents its ñ latest revue, a high-energy, tons-of-laughs

show that gets a big jolt of energy from four new writer/performers, a bold set and an amplified sound system. The writing is solid, but the performers sharpen each scene with their physicality, especially newcomer Alastair Forbes, a tall, lanky clown who’s unafraid of looking silly. A couple of political sketches hit their targets, and some very long sequences pay off nicely. But the funniest scenes involve a tech-challenged mom bribing her son and a

surreal baseball sketch that defies time and place. Wed-Fri 8 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. NNNN (GS) fHOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Matthew Stone presents a benefit for Camp Oochigeas w/ Angelo Tsarouchas, Sean Cullen, Ben Mathai, Kathleen Magee, Jon Steinberg and host Todd Shapiro. 7:30 pm. $25-$45. Music Hall, 147 Danforth. ticketmaster.ca. THE IMPROV SHOW Comedy Bar presents Lauren Ash, Rob Baker, Jan Caruana, Kerry Griffin, Kayla Lorette, Carmine Lucarelli, Jerry Schaefer and Leslie Seiler. 8:30 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

OTHER PEOPLE’S STUFF: THE GREAT CANADIAN COMEDY RIP-OFF Marcel St Pierre ñ and Scott McCrickard present a comedy benefit for Red Door Family Shelter featuring material ripped off from infamous comics, musicians and more, w/ Paul Bellini, Pat Thornton, Aurora Browne, Ron Sparks, Slap Happy and others. 8 pm. $10 min donation. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, otherpeoplesstuff.ca.

fTHE SECOND CITY’S DYSFUNCTIONAL HOLIDAY REVUE Second City presents a

holiday-themed show of scenes and songs. To Dec 30, Mon 8 pm, Wed-Fri 2 pm. $15-$22. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. THE SOAPS The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly improvised soap opera. 8 pm. Pwyc. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thenationaltheatreoftheworld.com. STONER COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca. THE TASTY SHOW presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746.

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Favourite thing to do with snow? Are you hitting on me, Glenn? It feels like you’re hitting on me. How do you stay warm in winter? I watch the 2002 blockbuster hit Maid In Manhattan on Netflix and imagine myself in a love triangle with Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes. Seriously. It works. What gift are you going to get Melissa D’Agostino? I’m going to cut this out of NOW Magazine for her and laminate it. She’s a press whore. Speaking of being a press whore, who’s your biggest media crush? Jian Ghomeshi, George Stroumboulopou los or Lisa LaFlamme? Who are you talking about? You have to stick to more famous people. Next you’ll be asking me who Margaret Atwood is. That’s her name, right? GLENN SUMI Margaret Atwood? stand-up comedy w/ Desiree Lavoy-Dorsch, Sandra Battaglini, Zabrina Chevannes, Julie Kim, Daniela Saioni and others. 8 pm. $5. 1610 Queen W. 647-435-2688. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Ian Sirota. To Dec 11, Thu-Sun 8 pm, plus Fri-Sat late show 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 8. LAUNCHPAD COMEDY White Swan presents a

weekly open mic w/ host Earl the Sqrl. 8:30 pm. Free. 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089.

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holiday-themed show of scenes and songs. 8 pm. $28-$45. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905-306-6000, livingartscentre.ca. THE SOAPS See Thu 8. TODD BARRY Comedy Bar presents the comic in a live show. 8 & 10:30 pm. $20. 945 Bloor W. ticketweb.ca. YE OLDE TIMEY VARIETY SHOW Black Swan Comedy presents magic, readings, music and more. 8:30 pm. $10. Black Swan, 154 Danforth. 416-903-5388, blackswancomedy.com.

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Drop-In workshop. 6 pm. $5. Danforth Confidential: An Improvised Soap, part two of a three-part series. 8 pm. Pwyc. The Ladder, competitive comedy. 10 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-903-

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(suggested donation). 10 Trinity Square. 416598-8979, holytrinitytoronto.org. Early rEtirEmEnt by Laurel Brady (Theatre Bassaris/Girls and Bicycles Productions). A young woman moves into a nursing home to avoid real life and heartbreak in this dark comedy. Dec 8-10, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $10. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. theatrebassaris.com. FthE Glory of Christmas (Windmill Theatre). Musical theatre performers present a holiday-themed cabaret. Dec 9-10 at 8 pm. $30. Unitarian Congregation Great Hall, 84 South Service Rd, Mississauga. 905-338-5702, windmilltheatre.com. hair by Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt MacDermot (Mirvish). Young bohemian pacifists explore free love, drugs and 60s culture as the Vietnam War draft looms in this musical. Previews Dec 13. Opens Dec 14 and runs to Dec 31, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat 2 pm (no eve show Dec 24); see website for additional days and times. $35-$130. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

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Tim Rice (Lower Ossington Theatre). This musical reinvents the Biblical story of Joseph and his brothers. Opens Dec 13 and runs to Dec 30, Tue-Sat 8 pm (no show Dec 24), mats Dec 18 at 4 pm, Dec 20-21 & 27-28 at 1 pm.

$45-$60, stu $20. 100A Ossington. 416-9156747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. FJudy & david: Chanukah livE 2011! (City Playhouse Theatre). The Treehouse TV stars presents a seasonal family show. Dec 10-11, Sat 6:30 pm, Sun 10:30 am, 1 and 3:30 pm. $16-$26. 1000 New Westminster, Vaughan. 905-882-7469. likE an old talE (Jumblies Theatre). Audience members participate in this multicultural retelling of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale with dance, opera, puppets, projections and more. Opens Dec 8 and runs to Dec 18, Wed-Sat (and Dec 11) 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $30, stu/ srs $20; Dec 16 gala $50. Commercial Studios Ltd, 793 Pharmacy. jumbliestheatre.org. obaabErima by Tawiah M’Carthy (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). A young Ghanaian Canadian talks of his journey across continents, genders, races and sexualities in this workshop production. Dec 8-10 at 8 pm. Pwyc. 12 Alexander. buddiesinbadtimes.com. FparfumEriE by Miklós László (Soulpepper). Shop clerks who don’t get along at work exchange anonymous love letters as pen pals (see cover story, page 68). Opens Dec 8 and runs to Dec 31, see website for schedule. $45-$65, stu $28. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. FthE snow QuEEn (Little Red Theatre). This play for ages four and up is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Dec 12-14, MonWed 1:30 pm & Tue-Wed 10:30 am. $11, child $9. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmer-

and 7 pm. $5. 165 Front E. youngpeoplestheatre.ca.

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thE ChildrEn’s rEpubliC by Hannah Moscovitch (Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company). Moscovitch’s latest play deals with a doctor and champion of children’s rights, Janusz Korczak, who runs a Warsaw orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto. Though the first act contains more setup than drama, the second act, with the help of a strong cast, involves us emotionally in the lives of the doctor and his charges. Runs to Dec 18, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $38-$47, srs $33-$45, stu $20-$24. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, hgjewishtheatre.com. nnn (JK) Crush by Hume Baugh (Optic Heart Theatre). A man moves into a trailer park and gets the attention of a gay man and his female friend, leading to desire, denial and violence (see review, page 75). Runs to Dec 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $15, Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-5049971, crushplay.wordpress.com. nnn (JK) dyinG City by Christopher Shinn (surface/underground theatre). A therapist’s relationship with twin brothers in two time periods offers a look at the fragile nature of love and commitment. Under director Peter Pasyk, actors Lesley Faulkner and Sergio Di Zio (he plays both brothers) involve viewers in this intimate production by giving nuance to the lives of this troubled trio. Runs to Dec 17, TueSat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $25. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. dyingcity.com. nnnn (JK) Fholly Jolly Christmas (Studio 60 Theatre). This musical revue features songs, dance and sketches with a seasonal theme. Runs to Dec 18, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Dec 18 at 2 pm. $20. 60 Six Point. studio60theatreboxoffice.com. it’s munsCh timE (George Brown Theatre School). This family show is based on popular Robert Munsch stories. Runs to Dec 10, Sat 1 pm. $18, srs $12 stu $7. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666. JEsus ChryslEr by Tara Beagan (Praxis Theatre). Set in 30s Toronto, this play looks at the relationship of activist Eugenia ‘Jim’ Watts and poet Dorothy Livesay (see review, page 76). Runs to Dec 11, Tue-Sun 7:30 pm, mat SatSun 2 pm. $25-$30, mat $15. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-5047529, praxistheatre.com. nn (Jordan Bimm) lEporEllo in GEhEnna (dECaloGuE siX) by André Alexis (Tarragon Theatre). Sent to hell for aiding his master’s lechery, Don Giovanni’s servant seeks mercy in this workspace presentation. Runs to Dec 10, Thu-Sat 8 pm. Free. 30 Bridgman, Near Studio. 416-531-1827.

Hair lets the sun shine in, beginning December 13. ston. 416-533-8848, littleredtheatre.on.ca. unChartEd zonEs by DJ Sylvis (Monkeyman Productions). Travelling through space and time, this sequence of four episodes explores the borders between human experience and the unknown. Opens Dec 8 and runs to Dec 17, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm (no show Dec 15). $15-$20. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. monkeymanproductions.com.

vEry Chris-tEriCal Christmas CabarEt (Theresa Hubbard/Chris Tsujiuñ chi). Sharron Matthews, Andrea O’Brien, Will Fa

Lamond, Tsujiuchi and others perform a seasonal cabaret. Dec 9-10 at 8 pm. $10. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander, Tallulah’s Cabaret. 416-975-8555. Fa vEry lupE Xmas by Melissa D’Agostino (Fault Line Theatre). A feisty South American immigrant hosts a Christmas party in this solo comedy (see Q&A, page 73). Opens Dec 8 and runs to Dec 17, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Dec 11 at 2 pm (pwyc). $20-$25 (food bank donations appreciated). Gallery 918, 918 Bathurst. totix.com.

Previewing FthE story by Martha Ross (Theatre Columbus). The ensemble performs an ñ unconventional telling of the Nativity in an

outdoor walk-about show (see story, page 72). Previews Dec 13-15. Opens Dec 16 and runs to Dec 30, Tue-Sun 7:30 pm (no show Dec 24, 25, 26) mats Dec 21, 23, 28 at 4:30 pm. $25, stu/srs $20, child/previews $10. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. 416-5047529, theatrecolumbus.ca.

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ican plays. Dec 12 at 7 pm. Free. 1 Wiltshire, studio 128. 416-203-2535. dECEmbEr variEty showCasE (Centre for Indigenous Theatre). CIT students perform a variety show. Dec 9 at 7 pm. Free. Native Canadian Centre, 16 Spadina Rd. indigenoustheatre.com. Ekua na kamau by Kwame Stephens (Playwrights Guild of Canada/Canadian Council for the Arts Literary Reading Program). Stephens’s play about a love story in modernday Ghana gets a reading, followed by discussion. Dec 10 at 2 pm. Free. Gallery 918, 918 Bathurst. blogto.com/events/47564. Gala! (Les Coquettes). The burlesque troupe performs a cabaret inspired by Old Hollywood glamour. Dec 11 at 7 and 10 pm. $15$30. Revival, 783 College. lescoquettes.com.

a vEry Christmas spECial ñf***inG mamEtsplEndor: (National Theatre of the World). The holiday Fimpromptu

edition of the improvised play series features Ron James. Dec 11 at 9 pm (cabaret from 7:30 pm). $10. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. thenationaltheatreoftheworld. com. rEd zonE (Red Sky Performance). The arts series debuts with musician Alex Cuba and a dance excerpt by Javier Dzul. Dec 8 at 7 pm (doors 6 pm). $25. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W, Bell Blue Room. redskyperformance. com. sEa ChanGE (Theatre Caravel). This performance showcase features works by playwright Amelia Sargisson, magician Steve Boleantu and others. Dec 9 at 8 pm. $7-$10. CineCycle, 129 Spadina. theatrecaravel.com. word up!!! (Young People’s Theatre). Youth aged 15-27 perform their original spoken word pieces about racism, stereotypes, body image and mental health. Dec 10 at 2:30

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CaNaDIaN IMpRoV SHoWCaSE Rose Theatre presents interactive short-form improv. 8 pm. $20. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. canadianimprovshowcase.com.

DREaMS REally Do CoME TRUE! (aND oTHER lIES) See Thu 8. kylE kINaNE Comedy Bar presents Kinane

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A half Crush CRUSH by Hume Baugh (Optic Heart). At Factory Studio (125 Bathurst). To Sunday (December 11). $20, stu/srs $15, Sunday pwyc. 416-504-9971. See Continuing, page 74. Rating: NNN It’s not just teenagers who fall head over heels for the wrong person. In Hume Baugh’s Crush, Sandra and Ronny, friends living in a small-town trailer park, are looking for the right partner, a man who satisfies their emotional and physical needs. Sandra, a straight woman, and Ronny, a gay man, both fixate on Martin, a confused newcomer who’s just broken up with his girlfriend. The strong emotions that develop aren’t good for any of them, especially in a community where everyone gossips about everyone else’s supposed secrets. Baugh’s script, inspired by a tragedy that began on the Jenny Jones Show in the 1990s, has been strengthened since its SummerWorks 2008 run.

Courtney Lyons’s Sandra is the most sympathetic but also the most predictable of the trio, often lost in the dream of becoming a TV personality. Martin, she thinks, offers her a path to a new life, away from the world “where no one wants to kiss the fat girl.” As Ronny, Ryan Kelly is all bravado and cool talk. On the surface, he wants to bed one hot man after another, but he’d actually like to settle down with a lover. Kelly gives Ronny a growing sweetness, a sense that his feelings for Martin are blunting his waspish sting. Julian DeZotti suggests the darkness and violence that Martin can’t discuss. The lost Martin, who always feels like an outsider, knows there’s “something inside me that’ll never be right.” Mark Cassidy’s direction nicely shows the changes in the male characters, though at times his staging, where the audience sits around the action, feels unnecessarily fussy.

w/ Rob Mailloux and Evan Desmarais. 10 pm. $15. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

MIRaClE oN MERCER STREET Second City presents all-ages seasonal ñ comedy mixing live-action sketches with FTHE

puppetry and songs. To Dec 17, Saturdays at noon (and Dec 21-23 and Dec 26-Jan 1, 2012 at noon). $12, family 4-pack $40. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. SMaSH HIT Opening Night Theatre presents a weekly improvised musical. 8 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. THE SoapS See Thu 8. THEaTRESpoRTS Bad Dog Theatre presents unscripted comedy battles featuring Leslie Seiler, Ashley Botting, Reid Janisse and others. 8 pm (undercard from 7 pm). $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com.

Sunday, December 11 aBSolUTE CoMEDy Second City and Absolute Comedy presents Ted Bisaillion’s Stand Up 101 Grad Show. 3 pm. $5. Evening show, see Thu 8. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. CHICka BooM

Free Times Café presents an all-female comedy, music and

dance cabaret w/ Catherine McCormick, Jenny Serwylo, Ladystache and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. 320 College. 416-967-1078.

Botting, Rob Hawke, Simon Pond, Gord Oxley, Marcel St Pierre and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416903-5388, blackswancomedy.com. opEN MIC CoMEDy aT THE poRT Jon Hyatt presents a weekly open-mic comedy show with musical guests. 9 pm. Free. The Port, 1179 Dundas W. 416-516-1270. THE SoapS See Thu 8.

DREaMS REally Do CoME TRUE! (aND oTHER lIES) See Thu 8. laUGH SaBBaTH presents Pure Gold! w/

Chris Locke, James Hartnett, Dylan Gott, host Tim Gilbert and others. Doors 8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com. FNBa CoMICS – DECEMBER SHoW Second City presents Mike Takacs, Georgea BrooksHancock, Keelan Miller, Craig Fay, Darryl Orr, Julie Kim, Mike Harrison and host David Andrew Brent. 10 pm. $15-$20. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. THE SoapS See Thu 8. SUNDay NIGHT lIVE The Sketchersons present weekly sketch w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com.

STaNDING oN THE DaNFoRTH 7TH aNNIVERSaRy SHoW Eton House presents ñ Mike Wilmot, Kenny Robinson, Mark Walker, Rob Pue, Kate Davis, Ryan Belleville, Cal Post, Cleve Jones, Martha O’Neill, Hunter Collins and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. yUk yUk’S DoWNToWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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aBSolUTE CoMEDy presents Pro-Am Night w/ Paul Morrissey Eli Jakeman, Georgea Brooks-Hancock, Pat MacDonald, Thomas Calnan, Phil Calautit and host Ryan Maglunob. 8:30 pm. $tba. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. CHUCklE Co. pRESENTS Comedy Bar presents weekly stand-up. 9 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

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ñMark Little, Graham Chittenden, Steve Dylan, Nigel Grinstead, Amanda Brooke Perrin,

Desiree Lavoy, Paul Morissey, Aaron Berg, Kyle Radke and MC Mark Forward. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. BlaCk SWaN VaRIETy SHoW presents Proxy Server, Part Time Demi Gods and the Black Swan Players. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. blackswancomedy.com. CHEap laUGHS MoNDay PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a weekly show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. laUGH yoUR NaDS oFF Blair Streeter presents weekly open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 pm. Free. Naughty Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. laUGHaBlE aT UNloVaBlE presents Daniel Woodrow, Dave Martin, Marty Topps, Steph Tolev, Tim Polley and host Nick Flanagan. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669. THE lITTlE CoMEDy SHoW THaT CoUlD Jon Kane presents John Hastings, Matt O’Brien, Michael Harrison, Julia Hladkowicz and Shawn Hogan. 9 pm. $5. The Avro, 750 Queen E. jonkane.ca.

DREaMS REally Do CoME TRUE! (aND oTHER lIES) See Thu 8. THE SECoND CITy’S DySFUNCTIoNal HolIDay REVUE See Thu 8. SHoElESS Black Swan presents two shows

by the sketch troupe and an improv jam. 8 & 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-469-0537, shoelesscomedy.com. SIREN’S CoMEDy: 2-yEaR aNNIVERSaRy Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ Vest of Friends. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. THE SoapS See Thu 8. SpIRITS CoMEDy NIGHT presents Scott McMann, John Hastings, Ryan Belleville, Boyd Banks, Christophe Davidson, Adrienne Fish, Robert John Moloney, Cal Post, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416967-0001. THE WIN-jESTER BUCkET oF CoMEDy Winchester Kitchen & Bar presents a weekly open mic w/ host Michael McLean. 9 pm. Free. 51A Winchester. winchesterkitchen. com. yUk yUk’S DoWNToWN presents Peter Anthony. To Dec 18, Wed-Sun 8 pm, plus Fri-Sat late show 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

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both engaging and comprehensive. Runs to Dec 18, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm until Dec 11. From Dec 13: Fri and Sun 2:30 pm, Sat 1 pm. $20-$40. Cameron House, 408 Queen W. 416-703-1725, videocab.com. nnnn (Jordan Bimm) MaRY PoPPinS by Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman (Mirvish/Disney Theatrical Productions/Cameron Mackintosh). A breathtaking spectacle, this big-budget Disney musical brings to life all the songs and magic of the original film. Picture-perfect as the mysterious nanny, Rachel Wallace impresses by singing, dancing and, um, believably flying. Runs to Dec 24, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm (no eve show Dec 24; see website for other dates). $38-$185. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-8721212, mirvish.com. nnnn (Jordan Bimm) MEMPHiS by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan (Dancap Productions). A white DJ falls in love with a black rock-and-roll singer in the 50s in this musical. Runs to Dec 24, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm (see website for more performances). $51-$180. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com. MURdER at twiLigHt by Brian Caws and Barb Scheffler (Mysteriously Yours... Dinner Theatre). Modern-day vampires, old-school monsters and humans try to coexist in this murder mystery. Runs to Dec 23, Fri-Sat 6:30 pm (see website for other dates). $79-$85. 2026 Yonge. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com.

MY MotHER’S itaLian, MY FatHER’S JEwiSH & i’M in tHERaPY by Steve Solomon (Philip Roger

Roy/Dana Matthow/Bud Martin). Solomon performs his solo show about growing up in a wacky, bi-ethnic family. Runs to Jan 29, 2012, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 5:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $51.50-$56. Bathurst Street Theatre, 736 Bathurst. italianjewish.ca.

tHE nEw gRoUndSwELL FEStivaL – a nationaL FEStivaL oF ContEMPoRaRY ñ woMEn’S tHEatRE (Nightwood Theatre).

Workshop productions of plays by Jordi Mand, Lisa Codrington and Ann-Marie Kerr & Susan Leblanc Crawford will be staged, plus readings, workshops and more. Runs to Dec 10, performances Thu-Sun 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm (see website for other events). $20, festival pass $45, some events free/pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, nightwoodtheatre.net. oFF BRoadwaY on StagE (Angelwalk Theatre). Hits from various off-Broadway musicals are performed in this revue. Runs to Dec 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $25-$35. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. angelwalk.ca. PinkaLiCioUS, tHE MUSiCaL by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family show. Runs to Jan 29, 2012, Sun 1 pm. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, vitaltheatre.ca. PRooF by David Auburn (QED Theatre Co-op). The death of a mathematician reunites his estranged daughters and a former student.

Runs to Dec 18, Tue-Sun 8 pm. $15-$20. The Branding Factory, 136 Geary, unit 215. secureaseat.com. REd by John Logan (Canadian Stage/Vancouver Playhouse/Citadel Theatre). Logan’s twohander pairs abstract expressionist master Mark Rothko (Jim Mezon) with an eager new assistant (David Coomber) as the former begins a lucrative commission. There’s some vivid imagery in the script, and Mezon exudes narcissism and alpha-male aggression as the painter, but Kim Collier’s fussy direction distracts from the uneven piece. Runs to Dec 17, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$99. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com. nnn (GS) tHE REz SiStERS by Tomson Highway (Factory Theatre). Director Ken Gass has employed colour-blind casting for this remount of Highway’s 1986 script about seven women on a Manitoulin Island reserve who dream of coming to Toronto play in a gigantic bingo tournament. The performers are okay but not everyone’s in the same league, and the production feels under-rehearsed, with technical elements – particularly sound and lighting design – often distracting from the script. Runs to Dec 11, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20-$45, Sun pwyc. 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. nn (GS) SEUSSiCaL by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Young People’s Theatre). Based on several Dr. Seuss works, including Horton Hears A Who and Horton Hatches An Egg, this lively musical is great family entertainment, despite a dip in energy near the end. Director Alan MacInnis’s production features some first-rate performers, including George Masswohl as Horton and Damien Atkins as a charming Cat in the Hat. Runs to Dec 30, Sat-Sun 2 pm, see website for other dates and times. $15-$20. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. nnnn (JK) 2 PianoS 4 HandS by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt (Mirvish). Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt’s cozy, clever 2P4H still has the thing that endeared itself to audiences fifteen years ago: the charming writer/performers making it all look easy, even when it isn’t Runs to Jan 5, 2012, see website for schedule. $49-$69. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, mirvish. com. nnnn (Naomi Skwarna) FwHitE CHRiStMaS by Irving Berlin (Civic Light Opera Company). This holiday musical is based on the 1954 film with Bing Crosby. Runs to Dec 17, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun (and Dec 17) 2 pm. $28. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-7551717, civiclightoperacompany.com.

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and Nicholas Hune-Brown (Ross Petty Productions). A snowstorm takes a city girl to a wacky new world in this farcical version of the classic story (see review, page 72). Runs to Jan 6, 2012, Tue-Sat 7 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm (see website for more dates and holiday schedule). $27-$85. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge. 416-872-5555, rosspetty.com. nnn (Naomi Skwarna) 3

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presents the company performing Afro-Brazilian dance, capoeira and more as part of Terra Madre Day. Dec 10 from 2 to 6 pm. Free. 235 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com. FLaMEnCo oLé ii ¡Arte Flamenco! presents a dance showcase. Dec 10 at 8 pm. $15. Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College. 416-978-7986, arteflamenco.com. JaCoB and nova MixEd BiLL Dancemakers presents two new works by Jacob Zimmer and Nova Bhattacharya, performed by Robert Abubo, Amanda Acorn, Kate Holden, Simon Renaud and guest artist PierreMarc Ouellette. Opens Dec 8 and runs to Dec 18, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $20-$25. Dancemakers Centre for Creation, 55 Mill, bldg 58,

ment presents an urban dance showcase. Dec 11 at 9 pm (doors 7:30 pm). $20-$25. Virgin Mobile Mod Club, 722 College. 647-477-5225.

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dance listings Ballet Jörgen presents the holiday classic, choreographed by Bengt Jörgen. Dec 14 at 7:30 pm. $20-$69. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 416-978-8849, balletjorgen.ca.

FtHE nUtCRaCkER The National Ballet of Canada presents James Kudelka’s 1995 version of this evergreen seasonal classic. Opens Dec 10 and runs to Jan 3, 2012, Wed-Sat 7 pm, mats Sat 2 pm, Sun 1 and 5:30 pm till Dec 18, see website for other dates and times. $38-$133.50. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-3459595, thenutcracker.ca. RivoLi danCES 2.0 presents intimate, contemporary, experimental works by Heather Leslie, Melissa Hart, Sung-Ah Choi and others. Dec 13 at 8:30 pm. $12. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. rivolidances@gmail.com.

danCES FoR a SaCREd Dance ñSEaSon Canadian–Contemporary Theatre and Harbourfront NextSteps present FwintERSong

dance inspired by winter solstice traditions, featuring works by Deborah Lundmark, Kim Frank, Colin Connor and others. Dec 9-10, Fri 8 pm, Sat 2 pm. $25-$38, stu/srs $22.50-$35. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, ccdt.org.

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iMPULSE 2011 The School of Toronto Dance Theatre presents students performing works by Julia Sasso, Heidi Strauss, Roger Sinha and others. Runs to Dec 10, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $19, stu/srs $15. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-967-6887, schooloftdt.org. FtHE nUtCRaCkER State Ballet Theatre of Russia presents the holiday classic. To Dec 8 at 7 pm. $58-$78, child $25. Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. rosetheatre.ca. 3

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Watts has heaps of dramatic potential. As a queer rabble-rouser in the 30s, she managed to get a play banned by the PM, and later served in the Spanish Civil War. But this play about Watts’s story is a dull, confusing mess. Most of the hard-to-follow action finds Watts (Margaret Evans) trying to thwart a brewing romance be-

tween her on-again-off-again partner, poet Dorothy Livesay (Aviva Armour-Ostroff), and Nate (Jeffrey Wetsch), an Alberta farm boy flirting with the Toronto union movement. This meandering fictional scenario supplants more interesting real-life episodes. Family tensions over her sexuality, theatrical performances for thousands of angry workers, run-ins with the law and Watts’s experiences on the front lines of war only get fleeting, oblique references. From the beginning, writer Tara Beagan needs to set the action up more clearly and make the dialogue more accessible. The symbolic backand-forths, sudden doubling of certain lines and perplexing recursions only prevent the audience from understanding Watts. Under Michael Wheeler’s direction, spurts of realism are unceremoniously interrupted by abstract blocking and characters appearing out of nowhere. Things get so confusing, it’s often unclear which characters are actually in a room. There are a few insights into Watts’s colourful life in the writing, direction and hit-and-miss acting, but they’re just not conveyed effectively.

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Bling and Ming FitzGerald blows up art objects By FRAN SCHECHTER DORIAN FITZGERALD at Clint

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NNNN a realist painter who doesn’t use a brush, Dorian FitzGerald makes startlingly beautiful canvases out of glossy-magazine images of luxury and excess. He achieves this transformation through a critical approach to his subject and an unusual technique. The Toronto painter manipulates media photographs – previously of interiors like a Portuguese throne room or Stefano Gabbana’s yacht; here of high-end collectibles – through various digital processes into line drawings isolating areas of colour. Projecting the drawing onto canvas, he runs beads of caulking along the lines, then lays the canvas flat and pours paint into each caulked area. Akin to paint-by-numbers or cloisonné enamelling, the technique could easily devolve into a gimmick, but in FitzGerald’s hands the smooth, shimmery surfaces are full of light and vitality. The art objects depicted in monumental scale in the front room’s three big paintings bring up multiple associations. A blue-and-white Chinese vase from an auction catalogue recalls the off-the-charts prices such antiques now fetch due to China’s economic boom. An elaborately carved

tankard made from an ivory tusk capped with a silver elephant alludes to European colonialism. A diamond brooch for the Order of the Garter (whose motto, Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense, which appears in official insignia of the UK, serves as the show’s title) set me thinking about how, in elevated circles, what we’d usually consider a feminine display of bling can be acceptable as a military token. In the back room, four smaller paintings made with the same technique interpret a series of black-andwhite photographs of a 19th-century holiday camp, a less obvious but still present reference to the rich. Since FitzGerald usually relies on the impact of colour and sparkle, these

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WHOSE STREETS? edited by Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth (Between the Lines), 230 pages, $24.95 paper. Rating:

NNN it’s crazy odd that whose Streets?: The Toronto G20 And The Challenges Of Summit Protest landed on my desk on the week of Occupy T.O.’s gentle eviction from St. James Park. Why the same police force that went feral in June 2010 turned velveteen with Occupy is worth a meditation on the strength of the civilian response to the G20 disaster, as well as one on the kinds of strategies that extend, rather than constrict, the space for dissent. The book also arrived just as a

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THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA Eat Drink Man

Woman, to Dec 22, curator’s talk 7 pm Dec 8. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Chagall And The Russian Avant-Garde, to Jan 15 ($25, stu $16.50), Past Present: Chagall Through Toronto’s Artists, 8 pm Dec 14 ($22.50) .Robert Motherwell, to Dec 11. General Idea, to Jan 1. Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok, to Apr 1. Songs Of The Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, to Apr 29. Jack Chambers, to May 13. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. BATA SHOE MUSEUM Art In Shoes – Shoes In Art; The Roaring 20s: Heels, Hemlines And High Spirits, ongoing. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. BLACKWOOD GALLERY Daïchi Saito and Cindy Mochizuki, to Dec 11. IKaren Kraven and John

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monochromatic images seem an unlikely choice. Yet the pools of creamy grey tones make equally intriguing surfaces, their enigmatic views of woodlands and firelight adding a tantalizing ambiguity. I look forward to seeing how this subtler approach evolves into further meditations on the role of culture and the art object. 3

bombshell plea deal went public that saw 11 of those accused in a G20 “conspiracy” case freed and the remaining six convicted of c o u n selling to commit mischief. All of which makes Whose Streets?, a series of essays edited by Tom Malleson and David Wachsmuth, timely though not always instructive. Warning: this collection is for movement people; if you’re curious about the Toronto Community Mobilization Network’s particular G20 dilemmas, it’s a must-read. And there’s startle power in some of the personal testimonies: TTC employee Elroy Yau, in uniform and on his way to work, detained for 30 hours; Sarah Pruyn reflecting on officers ripping off her dad’s prosthetic leg; detainee Swathi Sekhar with her cop dreams; and more. But the book retreads material al-

Marriott, Dec 12-18 (attractorofexperiences@gmail.com). U of T Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga N (Mississauga). 905-828-3789. BURLINGTON ART CENTRE Burlington Fine Arts Assoc, to Dec 13. Black + White = Gray, to Jan 22. Gino Lorcini, to Jan 29. 1333 Lakeshore (Burlington). 905-632-7796. DESIGN EXCHANGE Salon Night: Department of Unusual Certainties and Broken City Lab, 6:30-7:30 pm Dec 8. Designers In The Classroom, to Jan 17 (pwyc). Design Exchange Awards, to Feb 26. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Beatriz Olano and Magdalena Fernández, to Jan 28. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007.

Eisen, to Dec 17. 511 Church, 2nd fl. 647348-0104. ALISON MILNE GALLERY Once Upon A Time group show, to Dec 18 (Fri-Sun or by appt). 198 Walnut, #3. 416-203-6266. FART METROPOLE Gifts By Artists, Dec 10Jan 28. 788 King W. 416-703-4400. CHRISTOPHER CUTTS Painting: Matthew Carver, to Dec 17. 21 Morrow. 416-5325566. COOPERS FINE ART GALLERY Touched By Fire: Mood Disorders Association group show, from 5 pm Dec 8 ($10). 111 Bathurst, upstairs. 647-501-3632. BIRCH LIBRALATO Painting/sculpture: Cathy Daley and Ginette Legaré, to Jan 21. 129 Tecumseth. 416-365-3003. DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Video/sculpture: Brendan Fernandes and Young & Giroux, to Jan 7, 2012. 100 Niagara. 416-361-2972. DRAKE HOTEL Painting: Maya Hayuk, ongoing. That Was Now group show, to Feb 6, 2012. 1150 Queen W. 416-5315042. FELEVATOR ART LAB Alternative holiday pop-up, to Dec 23. 97 Niagara. F401 RICHMOND W Frolic 401, Artisans Marketplace Dec 8-11, open studios Dec 9-10. Brickolage gallery tour w/ William Huffman, 12:30-2:30 pm Dec 10. 416-5955900, 401richmond.net. GALLERY 44 Photos: Ian Willms, to Jan 5, 2012. F Photos: Wall To Wall members and friends show, to Dec 10. 401 Richmond

tive Arts, to Jan 8. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE How Near Is Far: Models For Taking Part, to Dec 11. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398.

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Twelve Trees Of Christmas, to Dec 11. The Tsar’s Cabinet: 200 Years Of Russian Decora-

Lomen Brothers, to Jan 8. Jack Chambers, to Jan 15. Norval Morrisseau and others, to Jan 31. $15, stu/srs $12, free Oct 1-2. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MOCCA Ineffable Plasticity: The Experience Of Being Human; Human/Nature, to Dec 31. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. MUSEUM OF INUIT ART Sculpture/prints/ drawing from the collection, ongoing. $6, stu/srs $5. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-6407591. OAKVILLE GALLERIES Hyper Spaces, to Mar 4 (Centennial Square, 120 Navy); Chris Kline, to Feb 19 (Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore E, Oakville). 905-844-4402.

ready known to G20 aficionados, and too much of the writing depends on code words. The real juice, unfortunately, is in the bitter contest over black bloc tactics. I don’t know whether to congratulate the editors for letting the debate rip or denounce them for wasting ink on activists who don’t get that rage is a primitive, pre-political emotion.

Some of the arguments for vandalism – like Tammy Kovich’s suggestion that trashing is therapeutic – made me choke on my tea. On the other hand, Clarice Kuhling points to the inefficiency of smash-ups in attracting recruits, and Archana Rampure charges the black bloc with betrayal for using the family-friendly June 26 action as a cover for their plate-glass-shattering spree. By the time I got to David McNal-

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READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, December 8

gual poetry reading. 6 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. 416-393-7746.

JOSHUA KNELMAN Talking about his new

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book, Hot Art. 7 pm. Free. Indigo, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.

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Launch of a book about Toronto’s G20 protests. 7:30 pm. $10 sliding scale. CineCycle, 129 Spadina (rear). btlbooks.com.

Friday, December 9 BODY & SOUL Anthology launch. 10:30 am.

Free. Mt Sinai Auditorium, 600 University. 416-978-2239 ext 248. LOUISE DUPRE/LOUIS-PHILIPPE HEBERT Bilin-

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CAROL BISHOP-GWYN Meet the author of The Pursuit Of Perfection: A Life Of Celia Franca. 2:30 pm. Free. Theatrebooks, 11 St Thomas. cormorantbooks.com. QUEER SOLSTICE Poetry and fiction by Dani Couture, Maureen Hynes, Jim Nason and others. 1:30 pm. Free. Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay. 416-361-0032. SMALL PRESS TORONTO WINTER BOOK FAIR

Celebration of the small press and indie arts. 11 am-5 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. smallpressoftoronto. wordpress.com.

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W #120. 416-979-3941. FGALLERY 1313 Small Works, to Dec 18. 1313 Queen W. 416-536-6778. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Suzanne Nacha, Clare Samuel and Astrid Ho and others, to Dec 31. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. FINDEXG GALLERY Art Brownie Shop; painting: Marcelo Suaznabar, to Dec 18. 50 Gladstone. 416-535-6957. JESSICA BRADLEY ART + PROJECTS Sculpture/ works on paper: Derek Sullivan, to Dec 23. 1450 Dundas W. 416-537-3125. KATZMAN KAMEN GALLERY Drawing/sculpture: Crystal Liu, Julie Moon and Rajni Perera, to Dec 22. 80 Spadina #406. 416504-9515. MKG127 Sky Glabush, to Dec 17. 127 Ossington. 647-435-7682. FO’BORN CONTEMPORARY Holiday Multiples Fair, noon-5 pm Dec 10. Drawing/ sculpure: Kate McQuillen, to Dec 23. 131 Ossington. 416-413-9555. FOPEN STUDIO GALLERY Artist Proof Sale, to Dec 17. 401 Richmond W #104. 416-5048238. FPAUL PETRO Christmas Spice group show, Dec 9-24, reception 7-11 pm Dec 9. Painting: Julie Beugin and Amy Bowles, to Dec 23. 980 Queen W. 416-979-7874. TWIST GALLERY Photos: Harry Enchin, to Dec 29. 1100 Queen W. 416-588-2222.

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las, Douglas talk 7 pm Dec 8 ($12, Studio Theatre), reception 8-11 pm Dec 9, Dec 10-Mar 4. $6, stu/srs $3, free Wed 5-8 pm. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM ICC: David Hockney, to Jan 1. Judith Snow, to Jan 20. The Kingston Prize, to Jan 29. Maya: Secrets Of Their Ancient World, to Apr 9 ($25, stu/srs $22.50, Fri after 4:30 pm $19, stu/srs $17). The Art Of Collecting, ongoing. $15, stu/ srs $13.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA GRAFT: Linking Textiles, Art And Science, to Jan 22, reception 5-7 pm Dec 9. Andrew McPhail, Grace Ndiritu and Tazeen Qayyum, to Feb 12. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416599-5321. VARLEY ART GALLERY Deconstructed: Works From The Permanent Collection, to May 12. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905-4779511. 3

ly’s piece at the end, things felt less past-tense sad and more future hopeful. Checking out the global uprisings for bread and freedom and against austerity, he urges progressives to chart “forms of activism and organization that resonate with large numbers of people.” A fine start to ELLIE KIRZNER any dialogue on tactics. Whose Streets? launches with music by Shadow Hearts and others at CineCyle tonight (Thursday, December 8). See Readings, this page. Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com

Sunday, December 11 AUTHORS’ BRUNCH Literary brunch with Adrienne Clarkson, Nicole Lundrigan, Alñ lan Levine and Douglas Gibson. 10 am. $45.

King Edward Hotel, 37 King E. Pre-register 416361-0032.

Monday, December 12 MICHAEL MORPURGO Reading from his novel War Horse. 7 pm. $15. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212.

Wednesday, December 14 KOOM KANKESAN/PAUL SEESEQUASIS/BINNIE

BRENNAN/CAROL GIANGRANDE Reading. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Dooney’s Café, 296 Brunswick. quattrobooks.ca. DAVID McGIMPSEY/LEIGH NASH/CAREY TOANE

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(Michel Hazanavicius) Rating: NNNN In 1927 Hollywood, silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) and fan and aspiring star Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo) meet cute, and soon her career is taking off (she’s dubbed the “it girl” of talkies) as his falls into decline. Filming in gorgeous black-andwhite, director Michel Hazanavicius lovingly embraces all the tropes of silent cinema (iris shots, titles), sharpening the familiar narrative with a slight edge that should satisfy contemporary tastes. John Goodman and James Cromwell fit beautifully into secondary roles, and Bejo is winning as the ambitious ingenue, but it’s Cannes best-actor winner Dujardin who shows the widest range as the glamorous matinee idol who’s not even upstaged by his acrobatic dog. GS

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Michel Hazanavicius, with Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman and James Cromwell. An Alliance Films release. 100 minutes. Opens Friday (December 9). For venues and times, see Movies, page 83.

michel hazanavicius isn’t interested in making movies about contemporary bourgeois Parisians. “I like them. They are my friends, the people I see every day, but it’s boring for me to see them onscreen,” says the director in accented English. “To me, movies give you the possibility to go to other worlds, other periods. It’s like a time machine, so let’s use it.” The director’s taken that literally

in his own work, making his mark with two spy-movie parodies about a swinging 60s James Bond-style agent named OSS 117. Now he’s travelled even further back in cinematic time with The Artist, an homage to Hollywood silent films starring OSS’s Jean Dujardin as a dashing Douglas Fairbanks type whose career plummets during the transition to talkies. In town for the Toronto Film Festival, where the movie’s getting lots of awards buzz, Hazanavicius says he always dreamed of making a silent film. “It’s the ultimate way to tell a story,” he says, pointing out that many of his favourite directors – Hitchcock, Ford, Lang, Lubitsch – started out in silents. Style, of course, dictates content, and he re-watched a lot of old movies

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to absorb the conventions. “My main concern was not to be too complex with the story,” he says, “because if it gets too complicated you need words. What was liberating was that it didn’t have to be realistic. It’s in black-and-white, it’s period, and people are moving their lips but you’re not hearing them. This is not realistic. So you can play with other things that in normal movies might be considered ridiculous, too symbolic or clichéd.” Actor Jean Dujardin, who copped the best-actor prize at Cannes and might be George Clooney’s biggest competition come Oscar time, did his own research, looking at Fairbanks and Murnau movies as well as photo exhibits and gangster/Mafia movies from the 1920s to study, as he

world moves so quickly. You have to adapt, and when you don’t you’re ejected, a has-been. You see it in France, where 50-year-old factory workers who have been doing the same thing all their lives are now out of work.” 3

puts it, “gestures and motions.” But his biggest acting aid came from the wardrobe department. “Every night when I got home, I glenns@ saw the same face in the mirror,” he nowtoronsays, looking nothing like his onto.com screen character. “I lived with this slick black haircut, really short in the neck, the little thin moustache. That really got me into the skin of this actor. That, and spending time in those big houses in the Hollywood Hills.” One of the film’s more poignant themes involves keeping up with progress, something director Hazanavicius admits everyone can relate to. DIRECTOR INTERVIEW “Before the 20th century, you were born in a place MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS and you died in the same place,” he says. “Now the

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True to his name, Geoffrey Rush refuses to slow down By RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI THE EYE OF THE STORM directed by Fred Schepisi, written by Judy Morris from the novel by Patrick White, with Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis. An eOne Films release. 114 minutes. Opens Friday (December 9). For venues and times, see Movies, page 83.

geoffrey rush has an oscar, an Emmy and a Tony, the rare triple crown for thespians. As Stephen Colbert once put it, Rush has won acting altogether. But the Pirates Of The Caribbean star refuses to retire just because of such accolades. “That’s not the full stop,” says Rush. “They are certain markers. But the drive or the desire is the pleasure of not really knowing what possibilities might come up in the next six or 12 months.” Rush is at TIFF presenting The Eye Of The Storm, the new melodrama from Fred Schepisi, director of Roxanne and Six Degrees Of Separation. Dressed in blue jeans and a blazer, Rush speaks in his typical refined manner. He’s a lot more relaxed than you might imagine, despite the fact that he’s doing wall-to-wall press while all he really wants to do is go out and watch some films. But he does get pretty involved when talking about his work and fellow Australian Patrick White’s dense novel on which this film is based. “The novel became our friend,” he says, “because of the way White writes. If you don’t get the multi-perspective layers of the internal mind or the author’s voice that he plays with so cleverly in the novel, you could just end up with a melodrama and miss those dimensions.” Rush plays Sir Basil, an Australian expatriate who became a famous actor in London and is now returning

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Judy Davis (left), Charlotte Rampling and Geoffrey Rush weather the Storm.

REVIEW THE EYE OF THE STORM (Fred Schepisi) / Rating: NNN Charlotte Rampling has been remarkably good at playing craggy old women lately (see Melancholia) and she outdoes herself as Elizabeth, a bourgeois woman on her deathbed anticipating the return of her two estranged and needy adult children (Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis). Elizabeth seems acutely aware of their selfish motives but still welcomes the chance to spit a bit more venom their way. Director Fred Schepisi’s chamber piece is a perceptive and comic look at fraught relationships, class barriers and sexual tensions within and around this damaged family, which includes the doting servants who can’t help but get mixed up in all the drama. Unfortunately, the film’s pace is as meandering as the forgetful character RS at its centre, and Schepisi often gets carried away with stagey visuals. home to Sydney to visit his mortifying mother (Charlotte Rampling) on her deathbed. The character’s not all that dissimilar to Rush himself, who left Australia to become an internationally acclaimed actor. Unlike Sir Basil, though, who in his 50s is struggling to find work, Rush, who just turned 60, is busy despite the shortage of roles for older actors. “Seven years ago, if I read a script that said, ‘This character is in his 60s,’ I would say, ‘Well, I’ll do that when I’m in my 60s,’” he says. “Having said that, how brilliant is Charlotte Rampling?” Rush asks, pointing to his co-star’s awe-inspiring transformation into his craggy, dying mother. “She’s only five or six

years older than I am. She effortlessly, without prosthetics or anything, plays a woman in her late 70s and a woman of 50 in the flashbacks.” Rampling’s performance may earn some awards-season attention. As for Rush, he’s already pondering his next projects, like the possible film adaptation of the Canadian stage musical The Drowsy Chaperone. He’s also tinkering with the idea of directing. “I don’t think it’s a necessary transition that all actors could or should make,” he says. “Now that I’m a sexagenarian, though, I’m thinking if I’m going to do this, I should do it soon.” 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

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Stilted Beauty SLEEPING BEAUTY (Julia Leigh). 101 minutes. Opens Friday (December 9). For venues and times, see Movies, page 83. Rating: NN Sleeping Beauty fancies itself a deep inquiry into the unknowable mysteries of desire. Instead, it’s a stilted exercise in titillation in which writer/director Julia Leigh pilfers ideas from several complex and challenging filmmakers, lays them out flatly on the screen and expects the references to do all the heavy lifting. If this were an academic thesis, I’d mark it incomplete. The story follows a blank-eyed Australian college student (Emily Browning) who juggles her studies with a number of generic jobs – including, as we see in the intriguing opening sequence, serving as a subject in a medical study. Since she’s already ac-

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customed to renting out her body (see “Breillat, Catherine”), it’s no big leap when she joins an elite brothel (see “Buñuel, Luis”) as a lingerie-clad sommelieuse for erotic dinner parties held by decadent old men (see “Kubrick, Stanley”). From there, it’s just a hop, skip and a jump to the next level, where our heroine sips a knockout drug and sleeps for several hours as clients play with her unconscious body. We’re told several times that there will be “no penetration”; apparently it’s my own puritanical fault that I can think of other ways whereby STDs can be transmitted or other harm inflicted. What seems most wasteful about Sleeping Beauty is the way it fails to do anything interesting with its star. Between this and Sucker Punch, Browning seems like an intriguing performer who keeps trusting the wrong directors with her body. Maybe that’s part of Leigh’s larger metaphor, NORMAN WILNER but I doubt it. Michael Perry was executed in 2010.

INTO THE ABYSS (Werner Herzog). 107 minutes. Opens Friday (December 9). For venues and times, see Movies, page 83. Rating: NNN Although it was buzzed at the Toronto Film Festival as “Werner Herzog’s capital punishment movie,” Into The Abyss is less interested in the issue than in the specifics of one Texas triple homicide, for which one perpetrator, teenaged Michael Perry, was given a death sentence while another, the slightly older Jason Burkett, received life in prison. The specifics of the case aren’t particularly murky. On a night in October 2001, Burkett and Perry murdered three people in a gated community in Conroe because they wanted their cars, then spent several days showing off the stolen vehicles until someone called the cops. A shootout ensued,

and both men were tried for homicide. Herzog sat down with Perry in June 2010, just eight days before his scheduled execution. For all the moody music on the soundtrack and the pensive pauses in the interviews, Herzog says little about anything; he states his objection to capital punishment early in the proceedings, and that’s pretty much that. This isn’t a work of advocacy or even investigation. Unlike, say, Errol Morris in The Thin Blue Line, Herzog isn’t seeking to exonerate anyone or introduce new evidence. He’s just there, observing the process as it rolls forward and NORMAN WILNER wondering why.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE directed by Garry Marshall, written by Katherine Fugate, with Zac Efron, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Hilary Swank and Michelle Pfeiffer. A Warner Bros. release. 117 minutes. Opens Friday (December 9). For venues and times, see Movies, page 83.

los angeles – michelle pfeiffer is blushing. More specifically, Michelle Pfeiffer is blushing because Zac Efron thinks she’s hot. The two actors are discussing their plot line in the ensemble holiday picture New Year’s Eve. Pfeiffer plays Ingrid, a frumpy administrative assistant who impulsively quits her job and sets out to do everything on the wish list she’s been neglecting for decades. Efron is Paul, the hipster courier she hires to make her dreams come true. Since this is a Garry Marshall picture, there’s a scene where this unlikely couple end up kissing amidst a flurry of confetti. (This isn’t a spoiler, since Marshall doesn’t make movies where people don’t end up kissing.) As the stars reveal, they couldn’t finish a take without shredded paper landing in their mouths. “It wasn’t sexy,” Pfeiffer says. “Yes, it was,” Efron says, grinning from ear to ear. The journalists laugh. And Pfeiffer blushes. It’s been a long time since Pfeiffer has been in this sort of crowd-pleaser – her last straight-up romantic comedy, One Fine Day, came out 15 years ago – but she’s pretty happy to be back in the game. Flirting with a teen idol doesn’t hurt either. “Pretty clever of me at the ripe old age of 53,” she chuckles. “It was just a blast. We had so much fun; he’s so collaborative and so talented, and I loved his Paul, that goofy haircut he showed up in. You know, we didn’t really talk that much at all before we showed up. I think he was a little disappointed when he opened my trail-

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(Jonathan Lee). 89 minutes. Opens Friday (December 9). For venues and times, see Movies, page 83. Rating: NNNN

Paul Goodman would have loved the Occupy movement. More importantly, the Occupy movement would love to have Goodman around. The clear-eyed humanist social critic could have found a way to articulate the demands of the 99 per cent that would have stood up to the dirty-hippie narrative spun by some in the media last month. Goodman, who died in 1972, made his name as a radical gadfly in the early 60s, advocating a complete overhaul of the education system (especially at the post-secondary level) and cogently defending gay rights on panel shows as an unapologetic bisexual. His memoir Growing Up Absurd is

cited as a touchstone for a generation of queer activists, but this remarkable man is barely remembered now. When the Vietnam War protests shifted the spotlight from older academics to the simpler, easily understood messaging of their students, Goodman fell by the wayside. Director Jonathan Lee aims to revive Goodman’s legacy, using archival footage and thoughtful interviews with surviving friends and relations to create a portrait of a man who was quite literally too complicated for his times. He repeatedly cheated on his wife, mostly with men, but was refreshingly open about it; it’s equally admirable that Lee doesn’t play down this element of Goodman’s character, drawing a sharp contrast between the public figures of his subject’s era and those of NW today.

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/ Rating: N At this point, you either like what Garry Marshall does or you don’t. Either you enjoy watching all the famous pretty people run around falling in love and finding fulfillment in sitcommy circumstances or you sit there wondering why people keep going to see movies that are openly contemptuous of them. Like Marshall’s last ensemble piece, Valentine’s Day, New Year’s Eve is strictly by the numbers, a generic exercise in empty momentum that follows various slick hipsters, lovelorn singletons and overprotective parents around New York City over the course of the eponymous holiday. But there’s no wit or charm in Katherine Fugate’s schematic screenplay, and Marshall asks nothing of his cast beyond saying their lines while staying in focus. Sure, you can amuse yourself by counting the Oscars won elsewhere by the cast – Robert De Niro and Hilary Swank each have two, Halle Berry has one, Michelle Pfeiffer’s been nominated three times – but that’ll just depress you, as will the sight of Russell Peters reduced to a stereotypical sidekick. It’s just about pandering to the lowest common denominator, which also explains the blatant ads for Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows and the Valentine’s Day Blu-ray and DVD that elbow their way into the final NW moments. er door and there sat Ingrid. “His little face just kind of fell,” she laughs. “I felt really bad. But I think probably the sweetest thing about him was that he never let on, and he still won’t admit how disappointed he was.” Efron is having none of it. “She looked stunning,” he says. “Absolutely stunning.” Of course, you get the feeling he’d have felt that way no matter what Pfeiffer had looked like. Efron says he’s had a crush on his co-star since shooting Hairspray in Toronto back in 2006. “From day one,” he says. “Back

then I was very, very young and very bashful – around her I tended to put my foot in my mouth a lot. I didn’t know what to say to her, and everything just came out wrong.” Things went a little more smoothly this time. “I had signed on, but Paul wasn’t cast yet,” Pfeiffer says. “And then I heard that Zac was possibly doing it. He called me when I was in the middle of a [yoga] class, and I screamed and yelled in the middle of this very quiet environment.” Efron grins again. “Meanwhile, I’m screaming in my trailer.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Sit this out THE SITTER (David Gordon Green). 81 minutes. Opens Friday (December 9). For venues and times, see Movies, page 83. Rating: NN

The Sitter is a mildly amusing comedy with a well-plotted take on a familiar story, decent acting and a zippy pace, but only scattered chuckles and a few laughs. Twentysomething layabout Noah (Jonah Hill) gets roped into babysitting the kids next door (an anxiety-ridden 13-year-old, his princess-crazed little sister and their bomb-happy brother), then into scoring some coke for a woman who’s playing him for a fool.

This launches him and the kids into numerous car thefts, small explosions, fights, jewellery store and bat mitzvah heists – and a bit of obligatory learning and growing. To everyone’s credit, the cast – the kids in particular – play it straight and let the gags emerge from character and situation. This is also the film’s weakness. As the drug dealer to whom Noah suddenly owes $10,000, Sam Rockwell would have been funnier if he’d been broader. Ditto Ari Graynor as the coke woman. Director David Gordon Green, helped I suspect by some ruthless editing, keeps the action moving, a plus during the warm-hearted pauses, but never creates the sort of memorable moments that’ll keep you smiling once ANDREW DOWLER you leave the theatre.

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of an unknown virus with the potential to kill millions. Soderbergh keeps the action zipping along like a thriller with short, sharp scenes, purely visual storytelling and liberal use of pounding music. 105 min. NNN (AD) Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Alexander Payne) stars George Clooney as a Hawaiian lawyer trying to cope with his wife’s impending death from a brain injury, figure out how to relate to his two young daughters (Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller) and digest the revelation that she was cheating on him before her accident. Payne’s first feature since Sideways treads the same prickly, seriocomic ground, focusing on a man who’s not quite as equipped to deal with himself as he believes himself to be. The subject matter plays more ser-

iously, but Clooney’s textured performance pulls uneasy laughs out of the misery, and the kids are terrific at the complicated emotional turns. And as good as they all are, it’s Judy Greer who ends up stealing the picture with just three stunning scenes as a sympathetic spectator to the family drama. 115 min. NNNN (NW) Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

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(Nicolas Winding Refn) is a solid riff on stylish 80s brooders like Michael Mann’s Thief and William Friedkin’s To Live And Die In L.A. As a stunt driver who moonlights as a wheelman for hire, Ryan Gosling finds the middle ground between Steve McQueen and a Terminator, but Albert Brooks walks off with the picture as a gimlet-eyed heavy with a fondness for edged weapons. 100 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre

ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN (José Padilha) is a kinetic, blood-soaked action movie that plays like a jacked version of The Wire. Wagner Moura (with Mark Ruffalolike intensity) stars as Nascimento, the former head of an aggresive special ops unit (their nickname is the Skulls) who gets promoted to the political side of the war on

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Santa’s awkward son (voiced by James McAvoy) goes to great lengths to deliver one gift in this clever holiday pic. Look for Bryony the wrapping elf to steal all her scenes.

C.R.A.Z.Y. director Jean-Marc Vallée’s poetic and challenging drama tells two stories: one about a middle-aged DJ in contemporary Montreal, the other about a single mom in 1969 Paris.

Audiences are divided about Lars von Trier’s gorgeous ﬁlm about an a woman preparing to be married (Kirsten Dunst) and the end of the world. Everyone agrees, though: see it on a big screen.

Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and all the other felt puppets star in this nostalgic crowd-pleaser about a big comeback, also featuring humanoids Jason Segel and Amy Adams.

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ANONYMOUS (Roland Emmerich) is a Da Vinci Code wannabe that questions the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays to unspool a ridiculous plot about burned manuscripts, incest and royal bed-hopping. Disaster pic specialist Emmerich makes the most of his CGI-created Elizabethan setting and mob scenes, but the tone is wildly uneven and the performances stiff. 130 min. N (GS) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Jean-Marc Vallée) finds writer/director Vallée returning to the fluid, intuitive filmmaking that made him a sensation with C.R.A.Z.Y. Café De Flore plays out a complex, time-jumping narrative involving a present-day Montreal father (Kevin Parent) in the throes of a midlife crisis and the mother (Vanessa Paradis) of a Down syndrome child in 1969 Paris. Parent’s character is a DJ, and that’s the role Vallée assumes as a filmmaker, tracking powerful emotional beats against themes sampled from Krzysztof Kieslowski, Nicolas Roeg and early Denis Villeneuve. Some people are going to hate it; I found it bracing, daring and entirely invigorating. A word of advice: when the credits start rolling, remain seated. Subtitled. 120 min. NNNNN (NW) Cumberland 4

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the eponymous urchin (Asa Butterfield) spends his days hidden within the station walls, maintaining the building’s huge clocks. When Hugo pilfers toy parts from a crotchety shop owner (Ben Kingsley), it triggers a series of discoveries which lead to... well, a heartfelt appeal for film preservation and a love song to pioneering film director Georges Méliès. That’s because Hugo isn’t really the story of an urchin in a train station; that’s just its starting point. You can feel Scorsese growing less and less interested in the emotional beats, because he’s itching to get to the set pieces, where he can resurrect the images and techniques of the early silents he so clearly loves. I don’t begrudge Scorsese for making this bauble; after decades of tireless advocacy for cinema history, it’s probably the best way to get his message out. I just don’t know whether it works as a movie. 126 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

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(George Clooney) is a nimble adaptation of Beau Willimon’s stage play Farragut North, about the ideological deflowering of a campaign strategist (Ryan Gosling) as he ushers a hopey-changey Democratic governor (Clooney) through the Ohio presidential primary. The plot’s a Mamety mixture of betrayal, disillusionment and high-stakes brinksmanship, but it’s performed by a cast working at peak efficiency. 100 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

IMMORTALS (Tarsem Singh) is the latest Greek mythology movie to follow 300’s lead by wallowing in carnage. Future Man of Steel Henry Cavill lets his pecs do the talking as Theseus, a peasant warrior who

Anthropologist Jane Goodall talks about Surviving Progress. must protect the heavens and earth from Mickey Rourke’s would be conqueror. With characters as colourless and stiff as Greek statues, Immortals has a whole lot of torture and death, but not enough life. 111 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

IN TIME (Andrew Niccol) posits a future where time is literally money: people stop aging when they turn 25, and they get one year of time to spend as they see fit. (When you go broke, you drop dead.) When a working-class guy (Justin Timberlake) lands in possession of an extra century, he goes on the run with a wealthy young woman (Amanda Seyfried) to beat the system. The first hour is vibrant allegorical SF; the second devolves into a lot of running and jumping, and the capitalism metaphor hits a conceptual dead end. 109 min. NN (NW) Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24 INTO THE ABYSS (Werner Herzog) 106 min. See review, page 80. NNN (NW) Opens Dec 9 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. J. EDGAR (Clint Eastwood) is the latest in Eastwood’s late-period series of stately patrician duds. Dustin Lance Black seems to be writing a Douglas Sirk melodrama playing out in the corridors of American power, but Eastwood dances around the sexually risky material without ever fully committing to it. It’s just one big missed opportunity. 135 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity JACK AND JILL (Dennis Dugan) is Adam

Sandler’s latest overextended sketch. He plays both a commercial director trying to land Al Pacino for an ad and his annoying twin sister, who inexplicably attracts the actor’s eye. The irritating one-note comedy is worth watching only to see Pacino deliberately ham his way into self-parody for once. 91 min. N (Phil Brown) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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returns Rowan Atkinson to his inexplicably popular slapstick spy spoof to stop an assassination plot and uncover the identity of a secretly evil colleague. Atkinson trots out stale one-liners and boring physical business (more often than not involving his groin) that never elicits more than a smile. With a supporting cast full of straight men, there isn’t even anyone to pick up the comedy slack. Sadly, the film is yet another depressingly mediocre effort from the once brilliant creator of Black Adder and Mr. Bean. 101 min. NN (Phil Brown) Yonge & Dundas 24

LE HAVRE (Aki Kaurismäki) strains credulity,

but that’s the point. Good-hearted French bohemian Marcel (André Wilms) works shining shoes in the port city of Le Havre, and times are very tough. But he’s well loved by his friends, neighbours and especially his wife (Kati Outinen), who, unbeknownst to him, is gravely ill. When he decides to help an illegal refugee (Blondin Miguel), he must figure out a way to elude a very dogged police inspector (Jean-Pierre Darroussin). This is an unabashed fairy tale that doesn’t ooze irony like Finnish director Kaurismäki’s other movies. But it expertly evokes its titular location and has many quiet pleasures, chief among them its deft performances. Wilms especially is a delight, the kind of sly fox you want to root for. Subtitled. 93 min. NNN (SGC) Mt Pleasant, TIFF Bell Lightbox

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(Drake Doremus) tracks American Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and Brit Anna (Felicity Jones), who fall madly in love in college and then are separated. The spare, improvised script and deeply felt performances by the appealing leads make this a real heartbreaker, the most affecting romance since John Carney’s Once. 84 min. NNNN (GS) Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity

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(J.C. Chandor) frames the first 48 hours of the 2008 financial meltdown like a moral horror story, as the traders at an over-leveraged Wall Street firm debate whether they should save themselves at the expense of the global economy. Kevin Spacey is flat-out brilliant as a company lifer who sees what’s coming but is powerless to stop it. 106 min. NNNN (NW) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Lars von Trier) gets under your skin, and a moody aftertaste sticks with you long after it’s over. Given its contemplative vision, the director is obviously invested in what’s onscreen. His atmospheric, operatic, end-of-theworld allegory feels a bit like two separate movies that never fully connect the way the planets do in its conclusion. The first chapter is a delightfully sinister comedy about a wedding, its resentful guests and a bride (Kirsten Dunst) who suffers from depression on her big day. In the second chapter, a waiting game for mysterious planet Melancholia’s collision with Earth, von Trier patiently ratchets up the anxiety only subtly felt in the earlier segment. It’s an insightful metaphor for people who, like the planets, are better left in their own space. 135 min. NNNN (RS) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: FAUST is a live broadcast in high-def of the Gounod opera, starring Jonas Kaufmann in the title role and directed by Canada’s Des McAnuff. 260 min. Dec 10, 12:55 pm, at Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Woody Allen) casts Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams as an engaged couple vacationing in Paris, where at midnight, a vintage cab picks up a wandering Wilson and takes him back in time to meet the great artists of the 20s. It’s a pleasurable narrative hook, but the message that life is best lived in the present tense is too banal to make us care. 94 min. NN (SGC) Carlton Cinema, Regent Theatre

of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie don’t have the scale or impact of The Rainbow Connection; what could? But when Camilla the chicken covers Cee Lo, all is right with the world. 98 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 as star-struck by its subject as its narrator is. The film is based on the memoirs of Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), who served as third assistant director to Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) on the disastrous production of The Prince And The Showgirl. A gofer on set, Colin must keep tabs on the high-maintenance Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams, excellent), a task that leaves him vulnerable to her charms. There’s a coming-of-age tale buried somewhere here, in which Colin learns to be a man at the feet of the sassiest of women. Unfortunately, he barely registers as a character in a film that’s as easily distracted as Monroe. The film fails to come into focus on her, acknowledging the void between Moncontinued on page 86 œ

shouldn’t work. The story is clichéd, the music isn’t great, and the focus shifts awkwardly between small-town brothers Gary (Jason Segel) and Walter (a Muppet voiced by Peter Linz) and the classic characters we know and love. But somehow, once our new heroes have convinced Kermit and company to save their theatre from an evil oilman, none of that matters. Co-written and co-produced with deep, abiding love by star Segel, The Muppets recaptures the unpredictable energy and genuine magic of Jim Henson’s beloved felt creations and releases that energy back into the wild. It reminds us how much we love Kermit, Fozzie, Piggy, Animal, the Swedish Chef and all the rest, and it lets a lot of famous people – among them Feist, Emily Blunt and Neil Patrick Harris – pop up to express their own affection. No, the new songs by Flight

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(Lech Majewski) uses almost no dialogue in a meditation on what inspires a work of art, specifically Pieter Bruegel’s 16th century The Procession To Cavalry, painted during Spain’s occupation of Flanders and relentless repression of the Reformation. In the painting, Spanish cavalry lead Jesus to his execution through a crowd of nearly 500 Dutch villagers while a godlike miller looks down from a gigantic rock. Majewski doesn’t just probe the creative process, he gets inside the painting itself, imagining the daily lives of the villagers and the brutality of the occupiers. By ingenious means – meticulous art direction, the use of blue screen and more – the action seems to take place in the painted landscape, which appears as the background in almost every shot. You’ll either call this a pretentious piece of ponderous pageantry or go crazy for it. Put me in the second category. Amazing. 95 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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New Year’s eve (Garry Marshall) 117 min. See interview and review, page 82. N (NW) Opens Dec 9 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24. ParaNormal activitY 3 (Henry Joost,

Ariel Schulman) finds the found-footage franchise jumping back to 1988 for a prequel that documents the first encounter between young Katie (Chloe Csengery) and Kristi (Jessica Tyler Brown) and the supernatural force that would return to torment

them as adults. Directors Joost and Schulman abandon the series’ locked-down, slow-burning aesthetic for editorial jumps and a really annoying number of false scares. 84 min. NN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Jonathan Lee) 90 min. See review, page 82, and Q&A at nowtoronto.com/ movies. NNNN (NW) Opens Dec 9 at the Royal (see Indie & Rep Film, page 89).

Puss iN Boots (Chris Miller) is an entertaining prequel for kids and adults focusing on the feline outlaw (voiced by Antonio Banderas), who teams up with his former best friend, Humpy Dumpty (a great Zach Galifianakis), to steal the goose that lays the golden eggs. Top-notch animation and voice performances compensate for some pretty sizable plot holes. 90 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coli-

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the rum diarY (Bruce Robinson) brings Hunter S. Thompson’s early novel about a rookie journalist (Johnny Depp) plunged into the political corruption and general debauchery of 1960 Puerto Rico to the screen with its semi-autobiographical nature front and centre. It doesn’t totally gel, but Aaron Eckhart and Amber Heard do some really interesting work in the margins. 119 min. NNN (NW) Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 shame (Steve McQueen) is a study of a successful New York suit (Michael Fassbender) who’s a slave to his sexual compulsions. Fassbender lays himself bare in every way imaginable, but the forceful visual sensibility that worked so well in McQueen’s previous film, the abstract Hunger, isn’t suited to the more human-scale story here. Shame’s set pieces feel like showy flourishes rather than grace notes that clarify and amplify the drama. Other problems are the miscasting of Carey Mulligan in a key role – she’s just not credible as her character or as Fassbender’s sister – and a final reel that finds the perfect ending and shoots right on past it, the better to pile on two or three more big emotional moments. 99 min. NNN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

the sitter (David Gordon Green) 81 min.

See review, page 82. NN (AD) Opens Dec 9 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale.

the skiN i live iN (Pedro Almodóvar) features all of Almodóvar’s trademark kitsch, melodrama and recurring questions about sexual identity and voyeurism. Antonio Banderas plays a mad scientist who experiments with engineered skin on a fetching lab rat he keeps locked in his home. The jaw-dropping revelations and startling twists from tragedy to dark comedy would normally be impossible to swallow, but with Almodóvar it’s a weird and delectable dish. Subtitled. 117 min. NNN (RS) Canada Square, Yonge & Dundas 24 sleePiNG BeautY (Julia Leigh) 101 min. See review, page 80. NN (NW) Opens Dec 9 at Cumberland 4.

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Harold Crooks) adapts historian Ronald Wright’s book A Short History Of Progress to look at the ill-defined notion that all forms of human advancement are inherently positive. Wright and company (including Margaret Atwood and David Suzuki) examine the difference between good and bad progress and just how fuzzy the line

between the two becomes when dealing with environmental, evolutionary and economic matters. The many topics would be better served by a miniseries or something longer than 86 minutes. But this is an admirable film that’s bound to spark necessary and passionate discussions. 86 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) Cumberland 4

ñtake shelter

(Jeff Nichols) reunites Shotgun Stories director Nichols with star Michael Shannon for a piercing character study of a husband and father who starts having apocalyptic dreams every night. Shannon’s wrenching performance is the film; he conveys the uncertain terror of a man who’d almost prefer to be losing his mind if it means the rest of the world keeps going. 121 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

the three musketeers (Paul W.S. Anderson) is a stupid movie that owns its baser instincts, doesn’t try to be anything but and reminds that there are still some modest pleasures to be had. Director Anderson takes a blunt blade to the Alexandre Dumas novel, turning it into a B-movie with injections of Bond, Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean. The movie is practically a spoof, without the condescending tone. 110 min. NNN (RS) Interchange 30 tomBoY (Céline Sciamma) is a compelling trans drama with great performances. When preteen Laure (Zoé Héran, in a fearless performance) moves to a suburb outside Paris, she starts passing as Mikhael among the neighbourhood kids. As the first day of school draws near – when Mikhael will surely be outed – the tension deepens. Sciamma (Water Lilies) sets almost all the action among the preteens, vividly portraying kid culture. Laure’s parents, though loving, can’t handle their daughter’s gender issues, but younger sister Jeanne (the amazing Malonn Lévana) totally gets it. Despite what you’ve heard, this isn’t a lesbian coming-of-age story. Laure doesn’t want to be Mikhael because she’s a budding dyke hot for girls, but because she relates to being a boy. Forget the title. Tomboy is terrific. Subtitled. 84 min. NNNN (SGC) TIFF Bell Lightbox

tower heist (Brett Ratner) tracks the GM

at a chic Manhattan residence (Ben Stiller) as he plans rob the top resident (Alan Alda), who’s defrauded the building’s staff. Usually the heist is the most enjoyable thing about these movies, but here it drains away all the fun. Entertaining – up to a point. 104 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale

the twiliGht saGa: BreakiNG dawN Part 1 (Bill Condon) picks up on the heels of last year’s Eclipse, finding Bella and Ed-

ward embarking on their grand voyage into matrimony and finally consummating their love. Because author Stephenie Meyer is so terrified of sex that she wrote a four-book cycle about it, Bella gets knocked up with a parasitic monster fetus that puts her own life in danger, whereupon the movie embraces a pro-life allegory that’s doubly repugnant because it goes straight to the worstcase scenario: told she’ll die before she can carry her monster fetus to term, she refuses to hear any talk of aborting it. Kristen Stewart is content to play Bella as the same sullen mope she’s always been, and Taylor Lautner is wooden as usual as her wolfen pal Jacob; once again, Robert Pattinson is the only thing worth watching in this lopsided love triangle, delivering Edward’s halting dialogue with absolute professionalism. It doesn’t help him in the batshitcrazy climax, but by that point the movie’s so fully divorced from understandable emotional arcs or conventional plotting that it hardly matters. And there’s one more on the way. 117 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

verY harold & kumar 3d ñachristmas

(Todd Strauss-Schulson) picks up six years after the last movie, putting our slowly maturing heroes on an epic search for the perfect Christmas tree. Absurdity and raunch are plentiful (especially once evil Neil Patrick Harris turns up), but an underlying sweetness balances the crassness. Not exactly a new holiday classic, but it uses 3-D well. 90 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yorkdale

the waY (Emilio Estevez) follows California

ophthalmologist (Martin Sheen) as he flies to Europe to claim the body of his dead son and ends up impulsively completing a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago. Sheen gives a finely modulated performance, and if writer-director Estevez’s spiritual points don’t quite crystallize into drama, his film does reach a gentle catharsis. 115 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20

the womeN oN the 6th floor (Philippe

Le Guay) tells the story of a stockbroker, husband and father who undergoes a life transformation when his new maid introduces him to the community of domestic servants living on the sixth floor of his apartment building. Unfortunately, as he starts falling for her, the film reveals itself to be smart about class but really dumb about sex. Subtitled. 104 min. NN (SGC) Carlton Cinema 3

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IMMORTALS (18A) Fri-Wed 5:00, 9:30 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) Thu 1:00, 5:15 Fri-Wed 12:45 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 3:00, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Wed 2:30, 7:00

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1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS 3D (G) Thu 1:55, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 Fri-Sat 11:45, 2:25, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Sun 11:45, 2:25, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 THE DESCENDANTS (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:35, 7:35, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:45 Mon-Wed 1:10, 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:45 Fri, Sun 1:35 MonWed 1:25 HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) Thu 2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 Fri-Sat 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:50, 10:25 Sun 11:55, 2:30, 6:35, 9:20 Mon-Wed 1:05, 3:50, 6:25, 9:05 HUGO (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00 Fri-Sun 11:50 Mon-Tue 2:05 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:05, 4:00, 7:05, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 THE IDES OF MARCH (14A) Thu 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sun 9:40 Mon-Wed 9:25 IMMORTALS (18A) Thu 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:55 Sun 12:00, 2:40, 6:15, 9:25 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 IN TIME (PG) Thu 6:50, 9:40 J. EDGAR (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Fri 4:15, 7:25, 10:40 Sat 7:25, 10:40 Sun 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:05, 10:15 JACK AND JILL (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 12:10, 2:45, 6:30, 9:10 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:45, 6:20, 9:15 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: FAUST Sat 12:55 THE MUPPETS (G) Thu 1:10, 1:20, 3:50, 4:05, 6:40, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:30, 1:40, 3:30, 4:30, 6:50, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:00, 1:50, 3:40, 4:30, 6:45, 7:10, 10:00 MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:55, 9:20 Fri-Sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG) Fri-Sat 1:10, 2:00, 4:05, 5:00, 7:00, 7:50, 9:50, 10:45 Sun 12:15, 12:45, 3:10, 3:45, 6:40, 7:00, 9:40, 9:50 Mon-Tue 1:00, 1:45, 3:55, 4:35, 6:40, 7:25, 9:35, 10:15 Wed 1:45, 3:55, 4:35, 6:40, 7:25, 9:35, 10:15 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 2:25, 5:00, 7:15, 9:35 Fri, Sun 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 Sat 2:20, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 MonWed 2:20, 4:55, 7:15, 9:40 THE SITTER (14A) Fri-Sat 1:25, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:50 Sun

1:25, 3:40, 6:25, 9:00 Mon-Wed 2:10, 5:15, 8:00, 10:10 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:40, 6:35, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:35, 7:10, 9:55 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:25, 7:00, 9:45 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 1:25, 2:00, 3:00, 4:15, 4:50, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:10, 9:30, 9:40, 10:10 Fri 12:45, 1:55, 3:45, 4:45, 6:40, 7:40, 9:30, 10:35 Sat 1:55, 4:45, 6:40, 7:40, 9:30, 10:35 Sun 1:55, 3:50, 4:40, 6:40, 7:25, 9:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:30, 3:00, 4:15, 6:30, 7:20, 9:30, 10:05 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR CHRISTMAS (18A) Thu 2:45, 5:05, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-Sun 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 10:15 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 WHITE CHRISTMAS (PG) Sun 1:00

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) 12:50, 3:00, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) Thu 1:00 3:40 6:50 9:20 FriWed 1:00, 3:40, 7:00, 9:35 HUGO (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 IMMORTALS (18A) Thu 7:20, 9:25 JACK AND JILL (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:00 THE MUPPETS (G) 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15 NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:55, 6:50, 9:25 PUSS IN BOOTS (G) Thu 1:25, 3:55 THE SITTER (14A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:05, 5:00, 7:10, 9:40 TOWER HEIST (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Wed 7:05, 9:45 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 1:30 4:15 6:55 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30

East End BEACH CINEMAS (AA) 1651 QUEEN ST E, 416-699-5971

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (G) Thu 6:50, 9:30 ARTHUR CHRISTMAS 3D (G) 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:20 mat, 4:10 HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) Thu 7:30, 10:00 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 7:20, 10:10 IMMORTALS (18A) Thu 9:20 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: FAUST Sat 12:55 THE MUPPETS (G) Thu 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:30 NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG) 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:00 mat THE SITTER (14A) 7:10, 9:20 Fri-Sun 2:20 mat, 4:50 THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (PG) Thu 7:20, 10:10 Fri, Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Sat, Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:20

North York EMPIRE THEATRES AT EMPRESS WALK (ET) 5095 YONGE ST, 416-223-9550

HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:30, 8:55 Sat-Sun 1:30 HAPPY FEET TWO 3D (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed 4:00, 6:30, 9:10 IMMORTALS 3D (18A) Thu 4:10, 6:40, 9:15 JACK AND JILL (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 MARGIN CALL 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:40 mat THE MUPPETS (G) Thu 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:20, continued on page 88 œ

SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE) 259 RICHMOND ST W, 416-368-5600

THE DESCENDANTS (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:35, 6:20, 9:05 Fri 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 Mon-Wed 1:05, 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 50/50 (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sat 7:05, 9:35 Sun 1:50, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Mon 1:05, 3:30, 9:15 Tue 1:05, 3:35, 7:05, 9:35 Wed 1:05, 3:35, 9:15 HUGO (PG) Thu 3:10, 6:20, 9:15 Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Sun 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Mon 1:50, 6:15, 9:15 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 IMMORTALS 3D (18A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 6:10, 7:20, 8:50, 10:05 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:40 J. EDGAR (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Sat 6:45, 9:45 Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: FAUST Sat 12:55 PUSS IN BOOTS 3D (G) Thu 1:15, 3:25

NOW

DECEMBER 8-14 2011

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7:05, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:45, 6:10, 8:40 Fri-Wed 3:30 saadat aBad 4:30, 6:50, 9:30 Sat-Sun 2:05 mat the sitter (14A) 3:45, 6:15, 8:50 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat tower heist (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 10:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:20, 9:00 Sat-Sun 1:20, 3:50, 6:20, 9:00 the twilight saga: Breaking dawn Part 1 (PG) Thu 3:40, 4:30, 6:20, 7:20, 9:00, 10:10 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:45, 6:00, 7:30, 8:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:45, 6:00, 7:30, 8:40, 10:10 a Very harold & kumar Christmas (18A) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:05, 8:30 Sat-Sun 1:05, 3:35, 6:05, 8:30

Grande - YonGe (Ce) 4861 YonGe ST, 416-590-9974

arthur Christmas 3d (G) 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:20 mat the artist (PG) 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:30 mat the desCendants (14A) 4:00, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:10 mat hugo (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:25, 9:25 Fri, Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:30 Sat 6:30 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:30 hugo 3d (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 7:05, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:05, 9:40 the ides of marCh (14A) Thu 6:55 J. edgar (PG) Thu 5:30, 8:40 Fri, Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 Sat 6:40, 9:45 Mon-Wed 5:10, 8:20 like Crazy (14A) Thu 5:20, 7:30, 9:55 Fri 2:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:15 Sat 7:40, 10:15 Sun 2:00, 9:45 Mon-Wed 5:20, 7:30, 9:45 the metroPolitan oPera: faust Sat 12:55 moneyBall (PG) Thu 3:35, 9:20 my week with marilyn (14A) 5:00, 7:20, 9:50 Fri, Sun 2:30 mat Sat 1:10, 4:00 mat Sat only 1:10 4:00 7:20 9:50 new year’s eVe (PG) Fri 1:50, 4:20, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 1:10, 3:50, 7:30, 10:10 Sun 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 PunCh Thu 4:20, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:25, 10:05 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:25, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:25, 9:55 the way Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 Fri-Wed 9:35

SilverCiTY FairvieW (Ce)

FairvieW Mall, 1800 Sheppard ave e, 416-644-7746 arthur Christmas 3d (G) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35 Fri 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20 Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20 Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:05 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 haPPy feet two (PG) Thu 2:40 Fri 2:50 Sat-Sun 12:20 Mon-Wed 2:10 haPPy feet two 3d (PG) Thu 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 Fri 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Sat 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 2:50, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 hugo 3d (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:30, 7:15, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:25, 10:10 immortals (18A) Fri 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 10:15 Sat 7:35, 10:15 Sun 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Mon-Tue 2:05, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 Wed 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 immortals 3d (18A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 JaCk and Jill (PG) Thu 1:30, 8:00, 10:00 Fri-Sat 10:05 Sun-Wed 9:45 the metroPolitan oPera: faust Sat 12:55 the muPPets (G) Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Fri 2:40, 5:20, 8:10, 10:45 Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 12:50, 4:00, 6:55, 9:35 Mon-Tue 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 new year’s eVe (PG) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Tue 1:45, 4:30, 7:35, 10:15 Wed 4:30, 7:35, 10:15 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 2:50, 5:30, 7:50 Fri 2:30, 5:10, 7:30 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 5:10, 7:30 Mon-Wed 1:55, 4:15, 7:00 the sitter (14A) Fri-Sat 1:30, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35 Sun 1:30, 3:40, 5:50, 8:00, 10:10 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:05, 9:40 tower heist (PG) Thu 10:00 the twilight saga: Breaking dawn Part 1 (PG) Thu 1:30, 2:05, 4:10, 4:45, 6:50, 7:25, 9:30, 9:55 Fri-Sat 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 Sun 1:50, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:25, 7:20, 10:00 white Christmas (PG) Sun 1:00

SilverCiTY Yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-4432

arthur Christmas (G) Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 arthur Christmas 3d (G) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 9:35 haPPy feet two 3d (PG) Thu 2:10, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55

hugo 3d (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 immortals 3d (18A) Thu 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:55, 7:35, 10:25 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 JaCk and Jill (PG) Thu 2:40, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:20, 2:40, 7:45 Mon-Wed 2:05, 7:15 the muPPets (G) Thu 1:40, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sun 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 new year’s eVe (PG) Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 the sitter (14A) Fri-Sun 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 tower heist (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:50, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 5:10, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:30, 9:45 the twilight saga: Breaking dawn Part 1 (PG) Thu 1:00, 2:00, 3:40, 4:40, 6:20, 7:20, 9:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:00, 1:40, 3:50, 4:30, 6:40, 7:20, 9:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:00, 1:40, 3:45, 4:25, 6:30, 7:10, 9:15, 9:55 a Very harold & kumar Christmas (18A) Thu 10:00

Scarborough 401 & MorninGSide (Ce) 785 Milner ave, SCarborouGh, 416-281-2226

arthur Christmas 3d (G) Thu 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Sat 2:50, 5:30, 7:55, 10:25 Sun 2:50, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 MonWed 5:00, 7:25, 9:55 haPPy feet two (PG) Fri-Sun 2:40 haPPy feet two 3d (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:15 Fri-Sat 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Sun 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 hugo 3d (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:25 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:35 immortals (18A) Thu 4:55, 7:35, 10:00 Fri-Sat 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:40 Sun 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 JaCk and Jill (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:25, 9:35 Fri-Sat 1:20, 3:40, 8:30 Sun 1:20, 3:40, 8:15 Mon-Wed 8:00 the muPPets (G) Thu 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sat 2:30, 5:10, 8:00, 10:35 Sun 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 new year’s eVe (PG) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 3:45, 6:20, 8:40 Fri-Sun 2:15, 5:00, 7:10, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:30, 6:40, 9:00 the sitter (14A) Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:00, 6:05, 8:20, 10:35 Sun 1:50, 4:00, 6:05, 8:15, 10:20 Mon-Wed 3:45, 5:45, 7:50, 10:00 tower heist (PG) Thu 5:05, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sat 3:10, 5:40, 8:05, 10:40 Sun 3:10, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:35, 10:05 the twilight saga: Breaking dawn Part 1 (PG) Thu 3:40, 4:20, 6:15, 7:00, 8:50, 9:40 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 a Very harold & kumar Christmas (18A) Thu 5:15, 7:50, 9:55 Fri-Sat 6:15, 10:40 Sun 5:55, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:30, 10:10

ColiSeuM SCarborouGh (Ce) SCarborouGh ToWn CenTre, 416-290-5217

arthur Christmas 3d (G) Thu 1:10, 3:55, 6:35, 9:35 FriSat, Tue 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 hugo (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 hugo 3d (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sat, Tue 1:35, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 immortals 3d (18A) Thu 1:05, 3:50, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:00, 2:40, 5:25, 8:10, 10:55 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 JaCk and Jill (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:05, 2:30, 5:15, 7:40, 10:20 Sun-Mon, Wed 2:20, 5:00, 7:25, 9:55 the metroPolitan oPera: faust Sat 12:55 new year’s eVe (PG) Fri-Sat, Tue 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 4:50, 7:00, 7:45, 10:00, 10:40 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:00, 1:30, 4:00, 4:25, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 Paranormal aCtiVity 3 (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:25, 7:00, 10:00 the sitter (14A) Fri-Sat, Tue 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 tower heist (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:40, 6:40, 9:25 Fri-Sat, Tue 3:00, 5:45, 8:25, 11:00 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 the twilight saga: Breaking dawn Part 1 (PG) Thu 1:00, 1:15, 3:00, 3:45, 4:15, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15 Fri, Tue 12:10, 1:20, 2:50, 4:20, 5:35, 7:10, 8:20, 10:10, 11:00 Sat 12:10, 2:50, 5:35, 7:10, 8:20, 10:10, 11:00 Sun-Mon, Wed 2:05, 3:20, 4:50, 6:20, 7:35, 9:10, 10:15 a Very harold & kumar 3d Christmas (18A) Thu 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Fri-Sat, Tue 1:10, 3:35, 6:05, 8:30, 10:45 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:25, 4:25, 6:55, 9:35

eGlinTon ToWn CenTre (Ce) 1901 eGlinTon ave e, 416-752-4494

arthur Christmas 3d (G) Thu 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sat 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:25, 9:50 the desCendants (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:20, 10:10 Fri 11:55, 2:35, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 Sat 11:55, 2:35, 5:45, 8:40 Sun 1:10, 4:05, 6:55, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15, 10:05 haPPy feet two (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:25 Fri-Sun 1:15, 3:55 Mon-Wed 3:50 haPPy feet two 3d (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sat 2:05, 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Sun 2:05, 4:45, 7:35, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 hugo (PG) Thu 4:20 Fri-Sat 2:00 Sun 2:15 Mon-Wed 5:00 hugo 3d (PG) Thu 3:45, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:25 Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 the ides of marCh (14A) Thu 6:45 immortals (18A) Fri 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Sat 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Sun 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 immortals 3d (18A) Thu 4:35, 7:35, 10:15 J. edgar (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:35 JaCk and Jill (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:25, 5:50, 8:05, 10:30 Sun 12:05, 2:35, 5:00, 7:20, 9:50 MonWed 4:30, 7:05, 9:25 the metroPolitan oPera: faust Sat 12:55 moneyBall (PG) Thu 3:40, 9:20 the muPPets (G) Thu 3:55, 4:00, 6:50, 7:10, 9:40, 9:50 Fri-Sat 11:45, 1:25, 2:25, 4:10, 5:05, 6:45, 7:40, 9:30, 10:15 Sun 11:45, 1:25, 2:20, 4:10, 4:55, 6:45, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:45, 4:45, 6:30, 7:20, 9:10, 9:55 new year’s eVe (PG) Fri-Sat 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 10:05 Puss in Boots (G) Thu 4:30, 7:05, 9:30 Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 Sun 12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:35, 5:50, 7:55, 10:10 the sitter (14A) Fri-Sat 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Sun 1:30, 3:40, 5:50, 8:00, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10 tower heist (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:35, 9:15 Fri 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:35 Sat 12:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:35 Sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:30 the twilight saga: Breaking dawn Part 1 (PG) Thu 4:10, 4:25, 7:00, 7:20, 9:45, 10:10, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:55, 6:40, 7:45, 9:40, 10:35 Sun 1:40, 4:20, 6:40, 7:10, 9:25, 10:05 Mon 4:20, 6:20, 7:05, 9:05, 10:15 Tue-Wed 4:20, 6:20, 7:05, 9:05, 10:00 a Very harold & kumar Christmas (18A) Thu 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sat 4:50, 7:55, 10:20 Sun 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 Mon 7:50, 10:10 Tue-Wed 7:50, 10:15 white Christmas (PG) Sun 1:00

kennedY CoMMonS 20 (aMC) kennedY rd & 401, 416-335-5323

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arthur Christmas (G) Thu 3:40, 6:30 Fri-Sun 12:55 arthur Christmas 3d (G) Thu 4:10, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:20 the desCendants (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 haPPy feet two (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:00 Fri, Sun 12:45 Sat 12:30 haPPy feet two 3d (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Wed 3:30, 6:10, 8:50 haPPy feet two: an imaX 3d eXPerienCe (PG) Thu, Mon, Wed 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 SatSun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 Tue 4:30, 7:00 immortals 3d (18A) Thu 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:15, 10:10 in time (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:35, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:35, 9:45 J. edgar (PG) 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 JaCk and Jill (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:25, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:35, 7:20, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:20, 9:35

the metroPolitan oPera: faust Sat 12:55 the muPPets (G) Thu 3:55, 4:35, 6:40, 7:10, 9:20, 9:50 Fri 12:35, 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:20, 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:30 my week with marilyn (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 FriSun 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:25, 9:55 new year’s eVe (PG) Fri-Sun 12:50, 1:30, 3:50, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:50, 4:30, 6:50, 7:30, 9:50, 10:15 Paranormal aCtiVity 3 (14A) Thu 8:50 Puss in Boots 3d (G) Thu 3:45, 6:15, 8:55 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:20, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:30, 9:15 the sitter (14A) Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:15, 5:45, 8:10, 10:20 MonWed 5:10, 7:45, 9:50 toP gun Mon 7:00 tower heist (PG) Thu 4:25, 6:55, 9:35 Fri, Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Sat 1:50, 4:25, 7:40, 10:15 Mon 3:35, 6:40, 10:10 Tue-Wed 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 the twilight saga: Breaking dawn Part 1 (PG) Thu 3:30, 4:15, 4:45, 6:20, 6:50, 7:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15 Fri, Sun 12:40, 1:20, 3:20, 4:00, 6:00, 6:40, 9:00, 9:40 Sat 12:40, 3:20, 6:00, 6:40, 9:00, 9:40 Mon, Wed 3:30, 4:00, 6:00, 9:00, 9:40 Tue 3:30, 4:00, 6:00, 6:40, 9:00, 9:40 a Very harold & kumar 3d Christmas (18A) Thu 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Fri-Sun 2:15, 5:00, 8:00, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15, 9:40

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Unveiling Canada’s Top Ten It should come as absolutely no sur prise that the 2011 lineup of Cana da’s Top Ten includes features by David Cronenberg, Philippe Falar deau, Guy Maddin, Sarah Polley and JeanMarc Vallée. If Deepa Mehta and Denis Villeneuve had made movies this year, they’d be on the list, too; imagine the scandal if they weren’t. But if more than half of the honoured features were givens – Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method, Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar, Maddin’s Keyhole, Polley’s Take This Waltz, Vallée’s Café De Flore and Nathan Morlando’s Edwin Boyd, which took the Skyy Vodka Award at TIFF for

Best Canadian First Feature – the list still offers a few surprises. Guy Edoin’s Wetlands (Marécages), Ken Scott’s Starbuck and Sébastien Pilote’s Le Vendeur all made the cut, making FrenchCanadian cinema account for fully half of this year’s list. And Jason Eisener’s Hobo With A Shotgun represents the East Coast, making this the first time Canada’s Top Ten has included a film in which schoolchildren are set on fire. So there’s that. There are a couple of curious omissions. Ingrid Veninger’s i am a good person/i am a bad person didn’t make the list despite the inclusion of her previous films Only and Modra. And the blacksheep TIFF hit Goon

isn’t there either. Mike Dowse’s fero ciously acclaimed comedy would seem an obvious choice, both to reward Canadian commercial filmmaking and to show the world that Canada’s Top Ten isn’t exclusively interested in highmind ed works. Of course, the absence of TIFF 2011’s other hockey comedy, Breakaway, suggests an even simpler explanation: maybe this year’s jurors just weren’t into sports. The winning features and shorts will screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox in January 2012, along with a panel discussion with selected filmmakers. Full details are available online at norMan Wilner tiff.net/topten.

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Café De Flore (JeanMarc Vallée) A Dangerous Method (David Cronen berg) Edwin Boyd (Nathan Morlando) Hobo With A Shotgun (Jason Eisener) Keyhole (Guy Maddin) Monsieur Lazhar (Philippe Falardeau) Starbuck (Ken Scott) Take This Waltz (Sarah Polley) Le Vendeur (Sébastien Pilote) Wetlands (Guy Édoin)

Choke (Michelle Latimer) Doubles With Slight Pepper (Ian Har narine) The Fuse: Or How I Burned Simon Bolivar (Igor Drljaca) Hope (Pedro Pires) No Words Came Down (Ryan Flowers and Lisa Pham) Ora (Philippe Baylaucq) Rhonda’s Party (Ashley McKenzie) La Ronde (Sophie Goyette) Trotteur (Arnaud Brisebois and Fran cis Leclerc) We Ate The Children Last (Andrew Cividino)

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wanders into a small frontier town. Alien ships attack and abduct a few people. The cowboy, a ruthless cattle baron (Harrison Ford having big fun playing mean) and the rest of the town set out to get them back. Jon Favreau fills his movie with western archetypes – clichés, if you’re feeling unkind: sleazy bandits, spineless rich kid, timid guy who needs to man up, and so on. But he doesn’t seem to know how to make them pay off, so the climactic battle falls flat except for the stunts and effects, which work just fine. Favreau spends lots of commentary time pointing out his influences – mostly John Ford westerns and the Alien franchise. His Conversations With… segment offers lively off-topic interviews with Craig on the press response to his casting as James Bond, Ford on the pleasures of working outdoors and the producers on hustling to launch their careers.

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Spencer), sustain each other through the daily humiliations. Two socially prominent young women, Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone) and Hilly Holbrook (Bryce Dallas Howard) are at odds. Skeeter wants to interview the maids for a book about the job from their point of view. Hilly is trying to get a law passed that will put separate-but-equal toilets in every Mississippi home. The entire cast give vivid, nuanced performances. Howard, with her endless varieties of venom, has the showiest role, but Sissy Spacek as her dotty mother isn’t far behind. The affection and esteem felt by Taylor and source novel author Kathryn Stockett for the maids who raised them in Jackson shine through the extras. EXTRAS Making-of doc, real maid interviews, deleted scenes. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles. Toss in his alliteration-mad assistant (Ophelia Lovibond, delivering the funniest performance in the movie) and a mean zookeeper (Clark Gregg) who wants the birds, and we’re good to go. But somebody decided this wasn’t enough, so Popper comes to us with a broken family – his wife has tossed him out. Since he’s presented as a loving and beloved husband and father, though too absorbed in his work, the heartstrings-tugging fails and we’re left with a movie that flip-flops between fairly funny feathered farce and flabby family fondness. The penguins, a mix of real birds, puppets and CG, are good for a few laughs in both the movie and the two docs about them in the extras. EXTRAS Commentary, penguins on set doc, penguin doc, cartoon, gag reel, story sampler. English, French, Spanish audio. English SDH, Spanish subtitles. 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

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craycrayfundy/biblestudy life experiences, HARD, who are nevertheless turned on by the exact same things you are. Human beings are primates, our cultures and societies involve all sorts of overt and covert power dynamics, and almost all humans wind up eroticizing those power dynamics to greater or lesser extents. Some of us eroticize them in subtle ways (pleasure taken in “servicing” a partner, a desire to be held down, a mild foot fetish), others more baroquely (elaborate D/s scenarios complete with props, costumes and clearly defined roles), but power, as a gross old man once observed, is the ultimate aphrodisiac. Even if we could determine that your kinks were shaped by your upbringing, HARD, the shit that turns you on is still going to turn you on. And if your kinks are a “fuck you” to the preachers, prudes and family members who made you miserable – that’s a “fuck you” they earned. Let them have it. (I mean it. Take pictures. Mail ’em to that preacher.) And remember: There are people out there having vanilla, hetero, missionary intercourse in unhealthy, abusive relationships, HARD. You can explore your sexuality in healthy or unhealthy ways, just like vanilla breeders can explore their sexualities in healthy or unhealthy ways, but you can’t escape who you are and what turns you on. So stop beating yourself up, HARD, and go find a nice, kinky guy who takes that responsibility off your hands. (Here’s some great advice for gay guys just beginning to explore BDSM: tinyurl.com/bensten.)

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supporter of the LGBT community. I get your back in formal political debates and drunken bar discussions. The LGBT community deserves equal rights, just like any other group of citizens. Period. However, I must protest Kate Bornstein’s comments in a recent column. She said that sex-positive heterosexuals who support the LBGT community – guys like me and FRAUD – are not “straight” men, but “queer heterosexual” men. Sometimes it’s hard for me to get people who are not gay to support LGBT equality because they’re afraid that someone will call their straightness into question. Don’t make it harder. Liberal And Straight Being a big ol’ queer myself, LAS, I viewed Kate’s suggestion as a compliment. But your point is well taken. Everyone gets to choose his or her own label, and you’re straight in my book. DID YOU MAKE AN “IT GETS BETTER” VIDEO? If you identify as LGBT, are 18 years of age or older and made or appeared in an “It Gets Better” video, science – science! – wants to hear from you about your perspectives and experiences. If you have 15 to 20 minutes to spare, please take this survey: z.umn. edu/itgetsbetter. ARE YOU MARRIED? Have you had successful flings, affairs, swinging experiences and three-ways that your friends and family members will never know about? Send me an email, share your story, and I’ll publish it in an upcoming column. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

Love & Sex Survey by scott nisbet

Take the survey online and be eligible to win great prizes courtesy of The Drake, Body Blue, Pure + Simple Spa, Garden’s Path & more nowtoronto.com/sex 1. The gender you most identify yourself as being? (a) Female (b) Male Anything to add?

2. Your sexual orientation?

(a) Straight as an arrow (b) Straight as a circle (c) Look at me, I go both ways! Anything to add?

3. What best describes your current sex life? (a) Spontaneous (b) Scheduled (c) Non-existent Anything to add?

4. Have you ever been late for work because you were too busy having sex?

(a) Yes, and I told my boss the truth (b) A lay followed by a lie (c) Only in my dreams so far (d) Sex is the last thing on my mind when I’m getting ready for work Anything to add?

5. Have you ever had sex interrupted by a lover stopping to answer the phone/reply to a text?

(a) Yes, and the sex ended with that interruption (b) Yes, but afterwards we deliciously picked up where we left off (c) For better or worse, no (d) No, but sex has been interrupted by my stopping to answer the phone/ reply to a text Anything to add?

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6. The role you played in your first three-way was: (a) Special guest star (b) One-half of the couple (c) I’ve been in so many, I’ve forgotten (d) What first three-way? Anything to add?

7. You consider yourself to be more:

(a) Romantic than sexual (b) Sexual than romantic (c) Equally romantic and sexual (d) Neither romantic nor sexual Anything to add?

8. The furthest you usually go with someone on a first sexual encounter is:

(a) French-kissing (b) Dry humping (c) Manual stimulation (heavy-petting, hand job) (d) Bondage and/or toys (e) Oral (f) Vaginal or anal intercourse Anything to add?

9. Do you find clothing-optional beaches sexy?

(a) They’re as sexy as they are sandy (b) There are some diamonds in the buff (c) Some things are better left unseen (d) That’s uncharted territory for me Anything to add?

10. Name your dead celebrity crush. 11. It’s more romantic to be served:

(a) Breakfast in bed (b) A picnic lunch (c) Dinner for two at a posh restaurant (d) Court papers Anything to add?

12. It’s sexier sharing:

(a) A steamy shower for two (b) A candlelit bath for two (c) A midnight skinny dip for two (d) Some hot tub time for two Anything to add?

13. Have you ever regifted a sex toy?

(a) Yes, but it was in virgin condition (b) Yes, and it was in Like A Virgin condition (c) Once mine, always mine (d) You can’t regift something you don’t have Anything to add?

14. The idea of watching someone you find attractive have sex with him/herself or another is (a) Turn- on, but only if the person is unaware that s/he is being watched (b) Turn- on, especially if the person is aware s/he is being watched (c) Complete turn- on, regardless of the scenario (d) Total turn- off Anything to add?

15. The idea of being watched by someone while you have sex with yourself or another is a: (a) Turn- on, but only if I know the person watching me (b) Turn on, but only if the person watching me is a hot stranger (c) Complete turn- on, regardless of the scenario (d) Total turn- off Anything to add?

16. Have you ever been in a long-distance (i.e.: out of province or country) relationship? (a) More than once, actually (b) Just the one time (c) No, but I’m not opposed to trying one (d) Never have, never will Anything to add?

17. If yes, did long-distance turn into long-term? (a) Through the miracle of love and patience, yes (b) Alas, the longest thing about the relationship was the distance Anything to add?

18. When presented with the opportunity, you only investigate the bathroom cabinets of: (a) A one-night stand (b) A potential new love interest (c) Everyone! (d) No one Anything to add?

19. Have you ever worn the same clothes to work two days in a row due to not, um, making it home the night before?

(a) I have; it wasn’t a big deal (b) I have and there were consequences (c) No one noticed, but it was the longest work day of my life (d) I’d sooner phone in sick than risk being busted by an overly observant colleague Anything to add?

20. Name two living celebrities or public figures you’d like to engage in a three-way with. 21. What best describes the impact social media have had on your love and/or sex life?

(a) I found love through technology (b) No love connection yet, but plenty of new sex partners (c) I’ve made more new friends than lovers (d) Online or in person, I seem to be a magnet for losers (e) Hmm… no impact whatsoever Anything to add?

22. What would you most like to change about your current sex life? (a) More, please (b) Less, please (c) Improve the quality, please (d) Everything, please (e) If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it, thanks Anything to add?

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